Evarcha pulchella (Thorell, 1895)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033429

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Described:

Distribution: Pakistan, India, Myanmar


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Taxonomic References
Ergane pulchella Thorell, 1895b: 391 (Dm) Original description
Eugasmia pulchella Roewer, 1955c: 1045 (T from Ergane; N.B.: Eugasmia is a synonym of Carrhotus)
Evarcha pulchella Prószyński, 1984a: 49 (m, T from Ergane/Eugasmia; N.B.: the species was listed in the WSC online [Version 2.0-22.0, see Archive] also as Carrhotus pulchellus by lapsus [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032626])
Evacin pulchella Prószyński, 2018b: 142, f. 6L (m)
Evarcha pulchella Trivedi, Caleb & Sherwood, 2023: 131, f. 1-13 (m)
Evarcha pulchella Ali, 2025: 254, f. 1-11 (m, Df)
References

Ali, P. A. (2025). The first record of Evarcha pulchella (Thorell, 1895) (Araneae: Salticidae) from Pakistan with the first description of its female. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11(1): 253-258. doi: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.253 -- 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. (2018b). Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 16: 130-179. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.16.12 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

Trivedi, V., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sherwood, D. (2023). Rediscovery of Evarcha pulchella (Thorell 1895) (Araneae: Salticidae), with the first record for India. Acta Arachnologica 72(2): 129-133. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.72.129 -- 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
2025-01-07 New taxonomic reference entry Ali, 2025
2025-01-07 Species distribution update Ali, 2025 Old value
2025-01-07 First description of female Ali, 2025 Old value
2023-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry Trivedi, Caleb & Sherwood, 2023
2023-12-10 Species distribution update Trivedi, Caleb & Sherwood, 2023 Old value
2019-01-19 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2018b

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