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Genus: Pseudicius Simon, 1885 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Pseudicius picaceus (Simon, 1868)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035816

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Described:

Distribution: Mediterranean to Azerbaijan

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

Attus picaceus Simon, 1868b: 573, pl. 7, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Pseudicius picaceus Simon, 1885i: 3

Pseudicius picaceus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 12, pl. 1, f. 17 (m)

Pseudicius picaceus Caporiacco, 1948c: 71 (Df)

Pseudicius picaceus Flanczewska, 1981: 221, f. 96 (m)

Pseudicius cultrifer Fuhn & Gherasim, 1984: 54, f. 3A-D (mf; misidentified per Metzner, 1999: 91)

Icius picaceus Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984: 373, f. 61-62 (m)

Pseudicius cultrifer Fuhn & Gherasim, 1995: 151, f. 69A-E, 70A-D (mf; misidentified per Metzner, 1999: 91)

Pseudicius picaceus Metzner, 1999: 93, f. 58a-g (mf)

Pseudicius picaceus Schäfer & Breitling, 2018: 71 (probable synonymies discussed: P. cultrifer, P. courtauldi, P. palaestinensis)

Pseudicius picaceus Dimitrov & Naumova, 2021: 796, f. 7C-D (m)

Pseudicius picaceus Schäfer, 2024: 15, f. 19b (f)

References

Andreeva, E. M., Hęciak, S. & Prószyński, J. (1984). Remarks on Icius and Pseudicius (Araneae, Salticidae) mainly from central Asia. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 37: 349-375. -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1948c). L'arachnofauna di Rodi. Redia 33: 27-75. -- Show included taxa

Chyzer, C. & Kulczyński, W. (1891). Araneae Hungariae. Tomus I. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae Budapest, 170 pp., 4 Pls. -- Show included taxa

Dimitrov, Di. & Naumova, M. (2021). A faunistic survey of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Sakar Mountain, Bulgaria. Arachnology 18(7): 689-699. doi: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.7.689 -- Show included taxa

Flanczewska, E. (1981). Remarks on Salticidae (Aranei) of Bulgaria. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 36: 187-228. -- Show included taxa

Fuhn, I. E. & Gherasim, V. (1984). Donnés systématiques et biologiques concernant le genre Pseudicius Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Salticidae) en Roumanie. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 25: 51-57. -- Show included taxa

Fuhn, I. E. & Gherasim, V. F. (1995). Familia Salticidae. Fauna Romaniei (Arachnida) 5(5): 1-301. -- Show included taxa

Metzner, H. (1999). Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279. -- Show included taxa

Schäfer, M. & Breitling, R. (2018). Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae, Salticidae) der griechischen Dodekanes-Insel Rhodos mit der Neubeschreibung von Pseudeuophrys rhodiensis und sechs weiteren Erstnachweisen. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 55: 64-74. doi: 10.30963/aramit5512 -- Show included taxa

Schäfer, M. (2024). Zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae: Salticidae) der griechischen Dodekanes-Insel Rhodos, mit der Erstbeschreibung des Weibchens von Pseudeuophrys rhodiensis und dem ersten Nachweis von Evarcha nepos für Griechenland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 68: 10-17. doi: 10.30963/aramit6804 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1868b). Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des Attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 8: 11-72, 529-726, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885i). Etudes sur les Arachnides recueillis en Tunisie en 1883 et 1884 par MM. A. Letourneux, M. Sédillot et Valéry Mayet, membres de la mission de l'Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. In: Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie, publiée sous les auspices du Ministère de l'instruction publique. Zoologie – Arachnides. Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 55 pp. -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2024-11-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Schäfer, 2024
2021-03-09	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2021-03-09	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2021-03-09	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon	Dimitrov & Naumova, 2021	Old value
2021-03-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Dimitrov & Naumova, 2021
2018-05-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Schäfer & Breitling, 2018