Epeus flavobilineatus (Doleschall, 1859)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033195

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Described:

Distribution: China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f of Epeus tener - (Simon, 1877b)
  • Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy m of Viciria cristata - (Ono et al., 2026)
Taxonomic References
Salticus flavobilineatus Doleschall, 1859: 16 (Df) Original description
Evenus tener Simon, 1877b: 59, pl. 3, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033200]
Epeus tener Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 334
Viciria cristata Thorell, 1887: 393 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060553]
Viciria flavo-bilineata Thorell, 1892a: 476
Viciria tenera Simon, 1903a: 743, 752, f. 882-883 (m, S of Viciria cristata)
Viciria tenera Merian, 1911: 315, f. X1 (mf)
Epeus flavobilineatus Prószyński, 1984a: 143 (f, T from Viciria)
Epeus flavobilineatus Prószyński, 1984b: 409 (T from Viciria)
Epeus tener Prószyński, 1984b: 409, f. 13-16, 18 (mf, T from Viciria)
Epeus tener Żabka, 1985: 216, f. 125-126 (m)
Epeus flavobilineatus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 38, f. 43 (f)
Epeus tener Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012: 38, f. 38-40, 45-46 (mf)
Epeus tener Prószyński, 2017b: 33, f. 14J (mf)
Epeus tener Peng, 2020: 97, f. 51a-e (mf)
Epeus flavobilineatus Hill, 2025a: 25, f. 18.1-14, 19.1-7, 20.1-6, 21, 22.1-5 (mf)
Epeus tener Hill, 2025a: 40, f. 31.1-4 (m, nomen dubium)
Epeus flavobilineatus Hill, 2025b: 1, f. 2.1-19 (S of Epeus tener, removed from nomen dubium)
Epeus flavolineatus Ono et al., 2026: 51 (lapsus)
References

Doleschall, L. (1859). Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5(5): 1-60, pl. 1-17. -- Show included taxa

Hill, D. E. (2025a). Identification of jumping spiders placed in the genus Epeus (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini: Plexippina). Peckhamia 330.1: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

Hill, D. E. (2025b). A new junior synonym for the jumping spider Epeus flavobilineatus (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina). Peckhamia 333.1: 1-6. -- Show included taxa

Merian, P. (1911). Die Spinnenfauna von Celebes. Beiträge zur Tiergeographie im Indoaustralischen Archipel. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 31: 165-354, pl. 9. -- Show included taxa

Ono, H., Suzuki, Y., Okumura, K. I. & Aung, M. M. (2026). Spider fauna of Myanmar, with a checklist of the species recorded from 1878 to 2025 (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 52(1): 1-56. doi: 10.50826/bnmnszool.52.1_1 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1886). Genera of the family Attidae: with a partial synonymy. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 6: 255-342, tab. 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J. (2020). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984b). Remarks on Anarrhotus, Epeus and Plexippoides (Araneae, Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 37: 399-410. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2012). Description of some Salticidae (Aranei) from the Malay archipelago. II. Salticidae of Java and Sumatra, with comments on related species. Arthropoda Selecta 21(1): 29-60. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.21.1.04 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1877b). Etudes arachnologiques. 5e Mémoire. IX. Arachnides recueillis aux îles Philippines par MM. G.-A Baer et Laglaise. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 7: 53-96, pl. 3. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1892a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 31: 1-490. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1985). Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 39: 197-485. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-03-29 Type repository inserted Ono et al., 2026
2026-03-29 New taxonomic reference entry Ono et al., 2026
2025-09-17 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Epeus albus Prószyński, 1992
2025-05-24 New taxonomic reference entry Hill, 2025b
2025-05-24 Species synonymy Hill, 2025b Epeus tener synonymized with Epeus flavobilineatus
2025-05-22 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2025-05-22 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012
2025-05-22 New taxonomic reference entry Peng, 2020
2025-05-22 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2017b
2025-05-22 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 1984b
2025-05-22 New taxonomic reference entry Hill, 2025a

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