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Genus: Epocilla Thorell, 1887 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Epocilla picturata Simon, 1901

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033210

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Described:

Distribution: China

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Epocilla picturata Simon, 1901f: 62 (Dm) Original description

Epocilla picturata Strand, 1909f: 105 (Df)

Epocilla picturata Prószyński, 1984a: 39 (f)

Epocilla picturata Peng, 2020: 100, f. 54a-b (f)

References

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

Simon, E. (1901f). Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. XLIX. Descriptions de quelques salticides de Hong Kong, faisant partie de la collection du Rév. O.-P. Cambridge. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 70(1): 61-66. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1909f). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. II. Fam. Clubionidae. Fam. Salticidae. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 26: 1-128. -- 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
2020-07-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Peng, 2020