Evarcha

Evarcha
Evarcha albaria (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Section:	Dionycha
Superfamily:	Salticoidea
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Plexippinae
Genus:	Evarcha Simon, 1902
Type species
Araneus falcatus Clerck, 1757
Diversity
89 species

Evarcha is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 89 species across the world.

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.

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

• Evarcha acuta Wesolowska, 2006 — Namibia
• Evarcha albaria (L. Koch, 1878) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
• Evarcha amabilis (C. L. Koch, 1846) — United States
• Evarcha annae (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) — South Africa
• Evarcha aposto Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
• Evarcha arabica Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen
• Evarcha arcuata (Clerck, 1757) — Palearctic
• Evarcha armeniaca Logunov, 1999 — Armenia, Azerbaijan
• Evarcha awashi Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
• Evarcha bakorensis Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 — Guinea
• Evarcha bicoronata (Simon, 1901) — Hong Kong
• Evarcha bicuspidata Peng & Li, 2003 — Vietnam
• Evarcha bihastata Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
• Evarcha brinki Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 — South Africa
• Evarcha bulbosa Zabka, 1985 — China, Vietnam
• Evarcha cancellata (Simon, 1902) — Sri Lanka, Java
• Evarcha carbonaria (Lessert, 1927) — Congo
• Evarcha certa Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 — Guinea
• Evarcha chappuisi Lessert, 1925 — East Africa
• Evarcha chubbi Lessert, 1925 — East Africa
• Evarcha coreana Seo, 1988 — China, Korea
• Evarcha crinita Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 — Afghanistan
• Evarcha culicivora Wesolowska & Jackson, 2003 — Kenya
• Evarcha darinurica Logunov, 2001 — Afghanistan
• Evarcha denticulata Wesolowska & Haddad, 2013 — South Africa
• Evarcha digitata Peng & Li, 2002 — China
• Evarcha dubia (Kulczynski, 1901) — Ethiopia
• Evarcha elegans Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
• Evarcha eriki Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
• Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757) — Palearctic
  • Evarcha falcata nigrofusca (Strand, 1900) — Norway
  • Evarcha falcata xinglongensis Yang & Tang, 1996 — China
• Evarcha fasciata Seo, 1992 — China, Korea, Japan
• Evarcha flagellaris Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 — South Africa
• Evarcha flavocincta (C. L. Koch, 1846) — China to Java
• Evarcha gausapata (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra, Java
• Evarcha grandis Wesolowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 — Nigeria
• Evarcha hirticeps (Song & Chai, 1992) — China
• Evarcha hoyi (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) — USA, Canada
• Evarcha hyllinella Strand, 1913 — Lombok
• Evarcha idanrensis Wesolowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 — Nigeria
• Evarcha ignea Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008 — Zimbabwe
• Evarcha improcera Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen
• Evarcha infrastriata (Keyserling, 1881) — Queensland
• Evarcha jucunda (Lucas, 1846) — Mediterranean, introduced in Belgium
• Evarcha karas Wesolowska, 2011 — Namibia
• Evarcha kirghisica Rakov, 1997 — Kyrgyzstan
• Evarcha kochi Simon, 1902 — Java, Lombok
• Evarcha laetabunda (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Palearctic
• Evarcha maculata Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 — Guinea
• Evarcha madagascariensis Prószynski, 1992 — Madagascar
• Evarcha michailovi Logunov, 1992 — France, Russia, Central Asia, China
• Evarcha mirabilis owska & Haddad, 2009 — South Africa
• Evarcha mongolica Danilov & Logunov, 1994 — Russia, China
• Evarcha negevensis Prószynski, 2000 — Israel
• Evarcha nenilini Rakov, 1997 — Central Asia
• Evarcha nepos (O. P-Cambridge, 1872) — Israel
• Evarcha nigricans (Dalmas, 1920) — Tunisia
• Evarcha nigrifrons (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Sumatra
• Evarcha obscura Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
• Evarcha optabilis (Fox, 1937) — China
• Evarcha orientalis (Song & Chai, 1992) — China
• Evarcha paralbaria Song & Chai, 1992 — China
• Evarcha patagiata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) — Syria
• Evarcha petrae Prószynski, 1992 — Thailand
• Evarcha picta Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen
• Evarcha pileckii Prószynski, 2000 — Israel
• Evarcha pinguis Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
• Evarcha pococki Zabka, 1985 — Bhutan to Vietnam, China
• Evarcha praeclara Prószynski & Wesolowska, 2003 — Sudan, Israel, Yemen
• Evarcha prosimilis Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008 — Tanzania, Zimbabwe
• Evarcha proszynskii Marusik & Logunov, 1998 — Russia to Japan, USA, Canada
• Evarcha pseudopococki Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 — China
• Evarcha pulchella (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar
• Evarcha reiskindi Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Caroline Islands
• Evarcha rotundibulbis Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
• Evarcha russellsmithi Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
• Evarcha selenaria Suguro & Yahata, 2012 — Japan
• Evarcha seyun Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen
• Evarcha sichuanensis Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 — China
• Evarcha similis Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
• Evarcha squamulata (Simon, 1902) — Sierra Leone
• Evarcha striolata Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009 — South Africa
• Evarcha syriaca Kulczynski, 1911 — Syria, Israel
• Evarcha vitosa Próchniewicz, 1989 — Central, East Africa
• Evarcha vittula Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 — South Africa
• Evarcha wenxianensis Tang & Yang, 1995 — China
• Evarcha wulingensis Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 — China
• Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008 — Zimbabwe

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Photograph of E. praeclara
• Photograph of E. cara
• Photograph of E. hoyi