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Genus: Epeus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Epeus dilucidus (Próchniewicz, 1990)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035640

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Described:

Distribution: Bhutan

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland m (ARAN-02379a) - (Próchniewicz, 1990)
Paratype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland 1m (ARAN-02379b) - (Próchniewicz, 1990)

Taxonomic References

Plexippoides dilucidus Próchniewicz, 1990: 157, f. 21-28 (Dm) Original description

Epeus dilucidus Wang, Mi & Li, 2024: 149 (T from Plexippoides)

References

Próchniewicz, M. (1990). Salticidae aus Nepal und Bhutan. Genera Telamonia Thorell 1887 und Plexippoides Prószyński 1976 (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 70: 151-160. -- Show included taxa

Wang, C., Mi, X. Q. & Li, S. Q. (2024). Eleven species of jumping spiders from Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 1192: 141-178. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1192.114589 -- 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
2024-02-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Wang, Mi & Li, 2024
2024-02-21	Species transferred to new genus	Wang, Mi & Li, 2024		Species transferred from Plexippoides to Epeus