Pancorius


Pancorius is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to Hyllus.

Description

Pancorius, or at least its Vietnamese species, are rather big, thickset and densely haired jumping spiders. The male palpal organ has a simple structure, while the female epigyne has two pockets and their internal structures consist of 2-3 vast chambers.

Habitat

Pancorius have been collected from various habitats including a roadside wall with dense vegetation, open forest, tropical rainforest and jungle.

Diet

One species, P. changricus, has been reported to feed on various flies, booklice and thrips.

Species

it contains the following species, found throughout southern Asia, with one palaearctic species :
  • Pancorius alboclypeus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021Sri Lanka
  • Pancorius altus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Pancorius animosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
  • Pancorius armatus Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal
  • Pancorius athukoralai Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Pancorius borneensis Simon, 1902 – Borneo
  • Pancorius cadus Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal
  • Pancorius candidus Wang & Wang, 2020 – China
  • Pancorius changricus Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan
  • Pancorius cheni Peng & Li, 2008 – China
  • Pancorius crassipesEastern and South-eastern Asia, Poland
  • Pancorius crinitus Logunov & Jäger, 2015 – Vietnam
  • Pancorius curtusPhilippines
  • Pancorius dabanisIndia
  • Pancorius daitaricusIndia
  • Pancorius darjeelingianus Prószyński, 1992 – India
  • Pancorius dentichelisIndonesia
  • Pancorius fasciatus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
  • Pancorius goulufengensis Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998 – China
  • Pancorius guiyang Yang, Gu & Yu, 2023 – China
  • Pancorius hainanensis Song & Chai, 1991 – China
  • Pancorius kaskiae Zabka, 1990 – Nepal
  • Pancorius kohi Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore
  • Pancorius latus Cao & Li, 2016 – China
  • Pancorius lui Gan, Mi & Wang, 2022 – China
  • Pancorius magniformis Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan
  • Pancorius magnus Zabka, 1985 – India, Nepal, Vietnam, Taiwan
  • Pancorius naevius Simon, 1902 – Indonesia
  • Pancorius nagaland Caleb, 2019 – India
  • Pancorius nahang Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam
  • Pancorius petoti Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Borneo
  • Pancorius protervusMalaysia
  • Pancorius pseudomagnus Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam
  • Pancorius relucens – China
  • Pancorius scoparius Simon, 1902 – Indonesia
  • Pancorius submontanus Prószyński, 1992 – India, Japan
  • Pancorius tagorei Prószyński, 1992 – India
  • Pancorius taiwanensis Bao & Peng, 2002 – Taiwan
  • Pancorius thorelli – Indonesia
  • Pancorius urnus Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal
  • Pancorius wangdicus Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan
  • Pancorius wesolowskae Wang & Wang, 2020 – China