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.[3] The small genus Wesolowskana (formerly known as Luxuria) should possibly be included in this genus.[4] 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.[5]
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| Pseudicius sp. in Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pseudicius Simon, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Aranea encarpata Walckenaer, 1802[1]
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 40 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species edit
As of April 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species. Many species formerly placed here have been transferred to a variety of other genera.[1]
- Pseudicius adustus Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
- Pseudicius africanus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Pseudicius amicus Prószyński, 2000 – Middle East
- Pseudicius andamanius (Tikader, 1977) – Andaman Islands
- Pseudicius athleta Wesołowska, 2011 – Uganda, Kenya
- Pseudicius badius (Simon, 1868) – France (Corsica), Italy to Iran
- Pseudicius courtauldi Bristowe, 1935 – Greece to China
- Pseudicius cultrifer Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece (Rhodes)
- Pseudicius dapoensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
- Pseudicius decemnotatus Simon, 1885 – Singapore
- Pseudicius dentatus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius elmenteitae Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Pseudicius encarpatus (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Central Asia
- Pseudicius espereyi Fage, 1921 – Greece
- Pseudicius femineus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius flabellus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius ghesquieri (Giltay, 1935) – Congo
- Pseudicius gracilis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
- Pseudicius icioides (Simon, 1884) – Sudan
- Pseudicius kaszabi (Żabka, 1985) – Vietnam
- Pseudicius kulczynskii Nosek, 1905 – Greece, Turkey, Syria
- Pseudicius maculatus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Pseudicius marshi (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
- Pseudicius matabelensis Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Pseudicius mirus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Socotra
- Pseudicius musculus Simon, 1901 – Algeria, South Africa
- Pseudicius oblongus Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Brazil
- Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, Iran
- Pseudicius picaceus (Simon, 1868) – Mediterranean to Azerbaijan
- Pseudicius procerus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
- Pseudicius pseudocourtauldi Logunov, 1999 – Armenia
- Pseudicius punctatus (Marples, 1957) – Fiji, Samoa, Caroline Is.
- Pseudicius ridicularis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
- Pseudicius sengwaensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Zimbabwe
- Pseudicius squamatus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius vankeeri Metzner, 1999 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel
- Pseudicius wesolowskae Zhu & Song, 2001 – China
- Pseudicius yunnanensis (Schenkel, 1963) – China
- Pseudicius zabkai Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
- Pseudicius zebra Simon, 1902 – South Africa
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Pseudicius Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ Prószyński, J. (1990). Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): synthesis of quotations in the world literature since 1940, with basic taxonomic data since 1758. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach, 366 pp
- ^ Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. I. Arachnides recueillis à Wagra-Karoor près Gundacul, district de Bellary par M. M. Chaper. II. Arachnides recueillis à Ramnad, district de Madura par M. l'abbé Fabre". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 10.
- ^ Salticidae.org: Luxuria
- ^ Zabka, Marek; Gray, Michael R. (2002). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XVI. New Species of Grayenulla and Afraflacilla" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (3): 269–274. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1366. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-02.
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