Pancorius is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[3] They are similar to Hyllus.[4]

Pancorius
Pancorius crassipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pancorius
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
P. dentichelis
(Simon, 1899)
Species

41, see text

Synonyms[1]

Description

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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.[5]

Habitat

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Pancorius have been collected from various habitats including a roadside wall with dense vegetation, open forest, tropical rainforest and jungle.[5][6]

Diet

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One species, P. changricus, has been reported to feed on various flies (hover flies, black flies, cluster flies), booklice and thrips.[6]

Species

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As of August 2023 it contains the following species, found throughout southern Asia, with one palaearctic species (P. crassipes):[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Pancorius Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. ^ Prószyński, J.; Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2013). "Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago. III. Salticidae of Borneo, with comments on adjacent territories". Arthropoda Selecta. 22: 138. doi:10.15298/arthsel.22.2.02.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1902). "Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. LI. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 71: 389–421.
  4. ^ Zhang, J.X.; Song, D.X.; Li, D. (2003). "Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 51 (2): 187–195. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29.
  5. ^ a b Żabka, Marek (1985). Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam. Polska akadamia Nauk., Instytut Zoologii. ISBN 83-01-06374-2. OCLC 223345453.
  6. ^ a b Anushka Gurung; Aita Hang Subba Limboo; Bhoj Kumar Acharya; Prajapati, Dhruv A. (2022-04-26). "First record of the jumping spider Pancorius changricus Żabka, 1990 from India (Araneae: Salticidae)". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 14 (4): 20939–20942. doi:10.11609/jott.7890.14.4.20939-20942. ISSN 0974-7907.