Epeus albus Prószyński, 1992

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033192

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Described:

Distribution: India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra)


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f (5407/18-B) of Epeus chilapataensis - (Sudhin et al., 2024)
  • Holotype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary f (929) - (Prószyński, 1992b)
Taxonomic References
Lyssomanes chilapataensis Biswas & Biswas, 1992: 386, f. 14-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034298]
Epeus albus Prószyński, 1992b: 171, f. 20-21, 25 (Df) Original description
Epeus chilapataensis Logunov, 2004c: 75 (T from Lyssomanes)
Epeus tener Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020: 8, f. 2A-G (m; possibly Epeus glorius per Hill, 2025a: 4; misidentified per Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025b: 11)
Epeus daiqini Sibi, Gigi & Sudhikumar, 2023: 80, f. 1A-F, 2A-E (mf; misidentified per Sudhin et al., 2024: 448)
Epeus albus Sudhin et al., 2024: 448, f. 1A-H, 2A-E, 3A-F, 4A-F, 5A-E (Dm, f, S of Epeus chilapataensis)
Epeus albus Tam & Thuy, 2025: 1, f. 1-13 (mf)
Epeus albus Hill, 2025a: 13, f. 7.1-18, 8.1-19, 9.1-5, 10.1-6, 11 (mf, possibly senior S of Epeus pallidus and E. szirakii)
Epeus albus Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025b: 11, f. 7A-D, 8A-D, 9A-E (mf)
References

Biswas, B. & Biswas, K. (1992). Araneae: Spiders. State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal 3, 357-500. -- Show included taxa

Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Buchori, D., Scheu, S. & Drescher, J. (2025b). Eleven new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sumatra. European Journal of Taxonomy 1015: 1-68. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1015.3061 -- 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

Logunov, D. V. (2004c). On the taxonomic position of "Lyssomanes" karnatakaensis and other Indian species formerly assigned to Lyssomanes (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 73-75. -- Show included taxa

Patoleta, B. M., Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. (2020). Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Thailand: new species and records of Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885. PeerJ 8(e9352): 1-23. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1992b). Salticidae (Araneae) of India in the collection of the Hungarian National Natural History Museum in Budapest. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 44: 165-277. -- Show included taxa

Sibi, K. K., Gigi, P. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2023). First report of the jumping spider Epeus daiqini (Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020) (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Natura Somogyiensis 41: 79-84. doi: 10.24394/NatSom.2023.41.79 -- Show included taxa

Sudhin, P. P., Jwala, R., Sen, S. & Hegde, V. D. (2024). Taxonomic notes on the genus Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 447-455. doi: 10.3897/zse.100.118686 -- Show included taxa

Tam, T. V. & Thuy, N. H. K. (2025). First record of Epeus albus Prószyński 1992 in Vietnam (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini). Peckhamia 328.1: 1-2. -- 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
2025-09-17 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2025-09-17 New taxonomic reference entry Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025b
2025-09-17 Species distribution update Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025b Old value
2025-05-22 New taxonomic reference entry Hill, 2025a
2025-05-14 New taxonomic reference entry Tam & Thuy, 2025
2025-05-14 Species distribution update Tam & Thuy, 2025 Old value
2024-04-19 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Sudhin et al., 2024 Old value
2024-04-19 First description of male Sudhin et al., 2024 Old value
2024-04-19 New taxonomic reference entry Sudhin et al., 2024
2024-04-19 Species synonymy Sudhin et al., 2024 Epeus chilapataensis synonymized with Epeus albus

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