''Pancorius'' is a

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of Asian

jumping spiders 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 ...

that was first described by

Eugène Louis Simon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Hyllus''.

Description

''Pancorius'', or at least its

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

ese species, are rather big, thickset and densely haired jumping spiders. The male palpal organ has a simple structure, while the female

epigyne The epigyne or epigynum is the external genital structure of female spiders. As the epigyne varies greatly in form in different species, even in closely related ones, it often provides the most distinctive characteristic for recognizing species. ...

has two pockets and their internal structures consist of 2-3 vast chambers.

Habitat

''Pancorius'' have been collected from various habitats including a roadside wall with dense vegetation, open forest, tropical rainforest and jungle.

Diet

One species, ''P. changricus'', has been reported to feed on various flies (

hover flies Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while ...

black flies A black fly or blackfly (sometimes called a buffalo gnat, turkey gnat, or white socks) is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder. It is related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and Thaumaleidae. Over 2,200 speci ...

, cluster flies),

booklice Psocoptera are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. The name Psocoptera has been replaced with Psocodea in recent literature, with the inclusion of the former order Phthiraptera into Psocod ...

and

thrips Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are ...

Species

it contains the following species, found throughout southern

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

, with one palaearctic species (''P. crassipes''): *''

Pancorius alboclypeus ''Pancorius'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to '' Hyllus''. Description ''Pancorius'', or at least its Vietnamese species, are rather big, thickset and densely hair ...

'' Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka *'' Pancorius altus'' Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka *'' Pancorius animosus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1907 –

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

*'' Pancorius armatus'' Jastrzebski, 2011 –

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

*'' Pancorius athukoralai'' Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka *'' Pancorius borneensis'' Simon, 1902 – Borneo *'' Pancorius cadus'' Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal *'' Pancorius candidus'' Wang & Wang, 2020 – China *''

Pancorius changricus ''Pancorius'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to '' Hyllus''. Description ''Pancorius'', or at least its Vietnamese species, are rather big, thickset and densely hair ...

'' Zabka, 1990 –

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 mountainous ...

*''

Pancorius cheni ''Pancorius'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to '' Hyllus''. Description ''Pancorius'', or at least its Vietnamese species, are rather big, thickset and densely hair ...

'' Peng & Li, 2008 –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

*'' Pancorius crassipes'' ( Karsch, 1881) – Eastern and South-eastern Asia,

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(?) *'' Pancorius crinitus'' Logunov & Jäger, 2015 –

*'' Pancorius curtus'' (Simon, 1877) –

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*'' Pancorius dabanis'' ( Hogg, 1922) –

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

*'' Pancorius daitaricus'' ( Prószyński, 1992) – India *'' Pancorius darjeelingianus'' Prószyński, 1992 – India *'' Pancorius dentichelis'' (Simon, 1899) (

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) –

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

(

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

) *'' Pancorius fasciatus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo *'' Pancorius goulufengensis'' Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998 – China *'' Pancorius guiyang'' Yang, Gu & Yu, 2023 – China *'' Pancorius hainanensis'' Song & Chai, 1991 – China *'' Pancorius kaskiae'' Zabka, 1990 – Nepal *'' Pancorius kohi'' Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 –

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

*'' Pancorius latus'' Cao & Li, 2016 – China *'' Pancorius lui'' Gan, Mi & Wang, 2022 – China *'' Pancorius magniformis'' Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan *'' Pancorius magnus'' Zabka, 1985 – India, Nepal, Vietnam,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

*'' Pancorius naevius'' Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (

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 List ...

, Sumatra) *'' Pancorius nagaland'' Caleb, 2019 – India *'' Pancorius nahang'' Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam *'' Pancorius petoti'' Prószyński &

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, 2013 – Borneo *'' Pancorius protervus'' (Simon, 1902) –

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*'' Pancorius pseudomagnus'' Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam *'' Pancorius relucens'' (Simon, 1901) – China (Hong Kong) *'' Pancorius scoparius'' Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (Java) *'' Pancorius submontanus'' Prószyński, 1992 – India,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

*'' Pancorius tagorei'' Prószyński, 1992 – India *'' Pancorius taiwanensis'' Bao & Peng, 2002 – Taiwan *''

Pancorius thorelli ''Pancorius'' is a genus of Asian Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to ''Hyllus (spider), Hyllus''. Description ''Pancorius'', or at least its Vietnamese species ...

'' (Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Pancorius urnus'' Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal *'' Pancorius wangdicus'' Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan *''

Pancorius wesolowskae ''Pancorius wesolowskae'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus '' Pancorius'' that lives in China. The species was first described in 2020 by Wei-Hang Wang and Cheng Wang. The spider is large, measuring between in overall length. The car ...

'' Wang & Wang, 2020 – China

References

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