Evarcha

Evarcha
	(female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Evarcha; Simon, 1902
Type species
	Araneus falcatus; Clerck, 1757
Diversity
	85 species

Evarcha is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world.^[1]

Habitat[]

These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting in silken cells.

Description[]

Spiders in this genus generally look rather sturdy and are not very colorful, often brownish.

Evarcha culicivora can be an uncommon predator due to the fact it feeds on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as well-liked prey.^[2]

Distribution[]

Most species occur in Asia, Africa and parts of Europe, with E. amabilis and E. hoyi found only in the United States. E. proszynskii is found from Russia to Japan and Canada to United States.

Species[]

E. proszynskii from California

As of September 2020, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

Evarcha acuta Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
(L. Koch, 1878) – Russia, China, Korea, Japan
(C. L. Koch, 1846) – United States
(Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
Evarcha aposto Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha arabica Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
Evarcha arcuata (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic
Evarcha armeniaca Logunov, 1999 – Armenia, Azerbaijan
Evarcha awashi Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha bakorensis Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
(Simon, 1901) – Hong Kong
Evarcha bihastata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
Evarcha brinki Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
Evarcha cancellata (Simon, 1902) – Sri Lanka, Java
(Lessert, 1927) – Congo
Evarcha certa Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
Lessert, 1925 – East Africa
Lessert, 1925 – East Africa
Seo, 1988 – China, Korea
Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 – Afghanistan
Evarcha culicivora Wesołowska & Jackson, 2003 – Kenya
Logunov, 2001 – Afghanistan
Zamani, 2017 – Iran
Evarcha denticulata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
Peng & Li, 2002 – China
(Kulczynski, 1901) – Ethiopia
Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic
Seo, 1992 – China, Korea, Japan
Evarcha flagellaris Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
(C. L. Koch, 1846) – China to Java
(Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra, Java
Evarcha grandis Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
Evarcha hoyi (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) – USA, Canada
Strand, 1913 – Lombok
Evarcha idanrensis Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
Evarcha ignea Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe
Evarcha improcera Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
(Keyserling, 1881) – Queensland
(Metzner, 1999) – Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran
Evarcha jucunda (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, introduced in Belgium
Evarcha karas Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia
Rakov, 1997 – Kyrgyzstan
Simon, 1902 – Java, Lombok
(C. L. Koch, 1846) – Palearctic
(Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia
Evarcha maculata Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
Prószynski, 1992 – Madagascar
Logunov, 1992 – France, Russia, Central Asia, China
Evarcha mirabilis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
Danilov & Logunov, 1994 – Russia, China
Prószynski, 2000 – Israel
Rakov, 1997 – Central Asia
(O. P-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
(Dalmas, 1920) – Tunisia
(C. L. Koch, 1846) – Sumatra
Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
(Fox, 1937) – China
(Song & Chai, 1992) – China
Song & Chai, 1992 – China
(O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) – Syria
Evarcha picta Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
Prószynski, 2000 – Israel
Evarcha pinguis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Zabka, 1985 – Bhutan to Vietnam, China
Evarcha praeclara Prószynski & Wesołowska, 2003 – Sudan, Israel, Yemen
Evarcha prosimilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Evarcha proszynskii Marusik & Logunov, 1998 – Russia to Japan, USA, Canada
Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China
(Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 – Caroline Islands
Evarcha rotundibulbis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha russellsmithi Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Suguro & Yahata, 2012 – Japan
Evarcha seyun Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
(Simon, 1902) – Sierra Leone
Evarcha striolata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
Kulczynski, 1911 – Syria, Israel
Próchniewicz, 1989 – Central, East Africa
Evarcha vittula Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
Evarcha werneri (Simon, 1906) (syn. Evarcha elegans) – Ethiopia, Sudan to Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa
Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China
Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Gen. Evarcha Simon, 1902", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-02-25
^ Fiona R. Cross & Robert R. Jackson (2009), "Odor-mediated response to plants by Evarcha culicivora, a blood‐feeding jumping spider from East Africa", New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36(2):75–80

External links[]

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[WSC_g2645-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Gen. Evarcha Simon, 1902", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-02-25

[2] Fiona R. Cross & Robert R. Jackson (2009), "Odor-mediated response to plants by Evarcha culicivora, a blood‐feeding jumping spider from East Africa", New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36(2):75–80

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