''Evarcha'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s in the family

Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

(jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world.

Habitat

These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting in silken cells.

Description

Spiders in this genus generally look rather sturdy and are not very colorful, often brownish. ''Evarcha culicivora'' can be an uncommon predator due to the fact it feeds on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as well-liked prey.Fiona R. Cross & Robert R. Jackson (2009), "Odor-mediated response to plants by ''Evarcha culicivora'', a blood‐feeding jumping spider from East Africa", ''New Zealand Journal of Zoology'' 36(2):75–80

Distribution

Most species occur in

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and parts of

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, with ''E. amabilis'' and ''E. hoyi'' found only in the United States. ''E. proszynskii'' is found from Russia to Japan and Canada to United States.

Species

, the

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accepted the following species: * '' Evarcha acuta'' Wesołowska, 2006 –

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

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Evarcha albaria ''Evarcha'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world. Habitat These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting i ...

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L. Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...

, 1878) – Russia, China,

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, Japan * ''

Evarcha amabilis ''Evarcha'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world. Habitat These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting i ...

'' ( C. L. Koch, 1846) – United States * ''

Evarcha annae ''Evarcha'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world. Habitat These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting i ...

'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa * '' Evarcha aposto'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha arabica'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Evarcha arcuata'' (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic * '' Evarcha armeniaca'' Logunov, 1999 –

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* '' Evarcha awashi'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha bakorensis'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea * '' Evarcha bicoronata'' (Simon, 1901) –

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

* '' Evarcha bihastata'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 –

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

* '' Evarcha brinki'' Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa * '' Evarcha bulbosa'' Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam * '' Evarcha cancellata'' (Simon, 1902) – Sri Lanka,

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...

* '' Evarcha carbonaria'' (Lessert, 1927) – Congo * '' Evarcha certa'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea * '' Evarcha chappuisi'' Lessert, 1925 – East Africa * '' Evarcha chubbi'' Lessert, 1925 – East Africa * '' Evarcha coreana'' Seo, 1988 – China, Korea * '' Evarcha crinita'' Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 –

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* ''

Evarcha culicivora ''Evarcha culicivora'' is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) found only around Lake Victoria in Kenya and Uganda. At maturity, ''E. culicivora'' spiders have an average size of 5 mm for both males and females. The range in ...

'' Wesołowska & Jackson, 2003 – Kenya * '' Evarcha darinurica'' Logunov, 2001 – Afghanistan * '' Evarcha dena'' Zamani, 2017 – Iran * '' Evarcha denticulata'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa * '' Evarcha digitata'' Peng & Li, 2002 – China * '' Evarcha dubia'' ( Kulczynski, 1901) –

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

* '' Evarcha falcata'' (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic * '' Evarcha fasciata'' Seo, 1992 – China, Korea, Japan * '' Evarcha flagellaris'' Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa * '' Evarcha flavocincta'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – China to Java * '' Evarcha gausapata'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra, Java * '' Evarcha grandis'' Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria * '' Evarcha hoyi'' ( Peckham & Peckham, 1883) – USA, Canada * '' Evarcha hyllinella'' Strand, 1913 –

Lombok Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is ...

* '' Evarcha idanrensis'' Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria * '' Evarcha ignea'' Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe * '' Evarcha improcera'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Evarcha infrastriata'' ( Keyserling, 1881) –

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* '' Evarcha insularis'' (Metzner, 1999) – Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran * '' Evarcha jucunda'' (Lucas, 1846) –

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, introduced in Belgium * '' Evarcha karas'' Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia * '' Evarcha kirghisica'' Rakov, 1997 –

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

* '' Evarcha kochi'' Simon, 1902 – Java, Lombok * '' Evarcha laetabunda'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Palearctic * '' Evarcha longula'' (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia * '' Evarcha maculata'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea * '' Evarcha madagascariensis'' Prószynski, 1992 –

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* '' Evarcha michailovi'' Logunov, 1992 – France, Russia,

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, China * '' Evarcha mirabilis'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa * '' Evarcha mongolica'' Danilov & Logunov, 1994 – Russia, China * '' Evarcha negevensis'' Prószynski, 2000 – Israel * '' Evarcha nenilini'' Rakov, 1997 – Central Asia * '' Evarcha nepos'' ( O. P-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel * '' Evarcha nigricans'' (Dalmas, 1920) –

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* '' Evarcha nigrifrons'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Sumatra * '' Evarcha obscura'' Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa * '' Evarcha optabilis'' (Fox, 1937) – China * '' Evarcha orientalis'' (Song & Chai, 1992) – China * '' Evarcha paralbaria'' Song & Chai, 1992 – China * '' Evarcha patagiata'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) – Syria * '' Evarcha picta'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Evarcha pileckii'' Prószynski, 2000 – Israel * '' Evarcha pinguis'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha pococki'' Zabka, 1985 –

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

to Vietnam, China * '' Evarcha praeclara'' Prószynski & Wesołowska, 2003 – Sudan, Israel,

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

* '' Evarcha prosimilis'' Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe * '' Evarcha proszynskii'' Marusik & Logunov, 1998 – Russia to Japan, USA, Canada * '' Evarcha pseudopococki'' Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China * '' Evarcha pulchella'' (Thorell, 1895) –

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* '' Evarcha reiskindi'' Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 –

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* '' Evarcha rotundibulbis'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha russellsmithi'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha selenaria'' Suguro & Yahata, 2012 – Japan * '' Evarcha seyun'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Evarcha similis'' Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha squamulata'' (Simon, 1902) – Sierra Leone * '' Evarcha striolata'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa * '' Evarcha syriaca'' Kulczynski, 1911 – Syria, Israel * '' Evarcha vitosa'' Próchniewicz, 1989 – Central, East Africa * '' Evarcha vittula'' Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa * '' Evarcha werneri'' (Simon, 1906) (syn. ''Evarcha elegans'') – Ethiopia, Sudan to Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa * '' Evarcha wulingensis'' Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China * '' Evarcha zimbabwensis'' Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe

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