Eupoa
Genus of spiders
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::summary Genus of spiders ::
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Eupoa is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from Asia.
Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, and do probably not belong to the Salticoida, the main clade of jumping spiders. It is basal, but placement is not yet clear. Possibly Eupoa has branched from other basal groups like Lyssomaninae or Spartaeinae a long time ago.
Specimens of E. prima were collected from leaf litter.
Description
Eupoa are small salticids, with E. prima only reaching about 2 mm in both sexes. Although not closely related, it looks a bit like Neon, another litter dwelling species.
The abdomen is dark with light elongate transversal patches.
Species
, it contains eighteen species:
- Eupoa daklak Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Vietnam
- Eupoa hainanensis Peng & Kim, 1997 — China (Hainan)
- Eupoa jingwei Maddison & Zhang, 2007 — China
- Eupoa lehtineni Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — India, Thailand, Vietnam
- Eupoa lobli Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Malaysia
- Eupoa logunovi Wang & Li, 2022 — China
- Eupoa maddisoni Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam
- Eupoa maidinhyeni Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam
- Eupoa nezha Maddison & Zhang, 2007 — China
- Eupoa ninhbinh Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam
- Eupoa pappi Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand
- Eupoa pengi Liu, 2021 — China
- Eupoa prima Żabka, 1985 — Vietnam
- Eupoa pulchella Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand, Laos
- Eupoa schwendingeri Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand
- Eupoa thailandica Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand
- Eupoa yunnanensis Peng & Kim, 1997 — China, Laos
- Eupoa zabkai Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam
Footnotes
References
- (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- (2007): A basal phylogenetic placement for the salticid spider Eupoa, with descriptions of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 1432: 23-33. Abstract
References
- Maddison ''et al.'' 2007:21
- Murphy & Murphy 2000: 292
- "Gen. '''''Eupoa''''' Żabka, 1985". Natural History Museum Bern.
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