Epocilla
Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. The name comes from Ἐπόκιλλος, a soldier of Alexander the Great.Species
it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii:
- Epocilla aurantiaca – India to Malaysia
- Epocilla blairei Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
- Epocilla calcarata – China to Indonesia. Introduced to Seychelles, USA
- Epocilla chimakothiensis Jastrzebski, 2007 – Bhutan
- Epocilla femoralis Simon, 1901 – Indonesia
- Epocilla innotata Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- Epocilla mauriciana Simon, 1901 – Mauritius
- Epocilla pakhtunkhwa Ali & Maddison, 2018 – Pakistan
- Epocilla picturata Simon, 1901 – China
- Epocilla praetextata Thorell, 1887 – India, Bhutan, Myanmar to Indonesia
- Epocilla sirohi Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2017 – India
- Epocilla xylina Simon, 1906 – India
