Pseudicius


Pseudicius is a genus of the jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. The name is combined of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Icius. The small genus Wesolowskana should possibly be included in this genus. There is some dispute whether Afraflacilla is a distinct genus or should be included in Pseudicius. Festucula and Marchena are other close relatives, these genera form a monophyletic group.
Many species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to a variety of other genera.

Species

, this genus includes 34 species:Pseudicius adustus Wesołowska, 2006 – NamibiaPseudicius africanus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa, LesothoPseudicius amicus Prószyński, 2000 – Syria, IsraelPseudicius athleta Wesołowska, 2011 – Uganda, KenyaPseudicius badius – France, Italy to IranPseudicius courtauldi Bristowe, 1935 – Greece to ChinaPseudicius cultrifer Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece Pseudicius decemnotatus Simon, 1886 – SingaporePseudicius elmenteitae Caporiacco, 1949 – KenyaPseudicius encarpatus – Europe to Kazakhstan Pseudicius espereyi Fage, 1921 – GreecePseudicius femineus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South AfricaPseudicius flabellus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South AfricaPseudicius ghesquieri – DR Congo, UgandaPseudicius gracilis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South AfricaPseudicius icioides – SudanPseudicius kaszabi – VietnamPseudicius kulczynskii Nosek, 1905 – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, SyriaPseudicius maculatus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa, LesothoPseudicius marshi – South AfricaPseudicius mirus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen Pseudicius musculus Simon, 1901 – Algeria, South AfricaPseudicius oblongus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 – BrazilPseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, IranPseudicius picaceus – Mediterranean to AzerbaijanPseudicius procerus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South AfricaPseudicius pseudocourtauldi Logunov, 1999 – ArmeniaPseudicius punctatus – Fiji, Samoa, Caroline Is.Pseudicius ridicularis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – EthiopiaPseudicius vankeeri Metzner, 1999 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, IsraelPseudicius wesolowskae Zhu & Song, 2001 – ChinaPseudicius yunnanensis – ChinaPseudicius zabkai Song & Zhu, 2001 – ChinaPseudicius zebra Simon, 1902 – South Africa