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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-05-01
Page range: 147–150
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Description of two unknown females of Epeus Peckham & Peckham from China (Araneae: Salticidae)

College of Life Science, West China Normal University, Nanchong, 637002, China
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
College of Life Science, West China Normal University, Nanchong, 637002, China
Araneae Salticidae

Abstract

The jumping spider genus Epeus Peckham & Peckham presently includes 15 species, mainly from South and Southeast Asia (World Spider Catalog 2015). Species of this genus have the cymbium of male palp flattened and elongated, with a basal apophysis retrolaterally, pointing postero-ventrally; tegulum with a tongue-like process; filiform embolus; and epigyne with long copulatory ducts with several loops.