# Icius

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***Icius*** is a genus of [jumping spiders](/source/Jumping_spider) described by [Eugène Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1876,[1] belonging to the Order [Araneae](/source/Araneae), Family [Salticidae](/source/Salticidae).[2]

## Distribution

*Icius* is an almost cosmopolitan genus, widespread in Europe (mainly in [Belgium](/source/Belgium), [Croatia](/source/Croatia), [France](/source/France), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Italy](/source/Italy), [Greece](/source/Greece), [Poland](/source/Poland), [Romania](/source/Romania), [Portugal](/source/Portugal), southern [Russia](/source/Russia), [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), [Spain](/source/Spain) and in [The Netherlands](/source/The_Netherlands)), as well in [Asia](/source/Asia), [Africa](/source/Africa) and in Central and South [America](/source/Americas) (one species, *Icius pallidulus* is endemic of [Micronesia](/source/Micronesia)).[3]

## Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 49 species:[2]

- *[Icius abnormis](/source/Icius_abnormis)* [Denis](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Denis), 1958 – [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan)
- *[Icius alboterminus](/source/Icius_alboterminus)* (Caleb, 2014) – [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [India](/source/India), [Nepal](/source/Nepal)
- *[Icius bamboo](/source/Icius_bamboo)* Cao & Li, 2016 – [China](/source/China)
- *[Icius bandama](/source/Icius_bandama)* Wesołowska & [Russell-Smith](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Russell-Smith), 2022 – [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast)
- *[Icius bilobus](/source/Icius_bilobus)* Yang & Tang, 1996 – China
- *[Icius brunellii](/source/Icius_brunellii)* [Caporiacco](/source/Ludovico_di_Caporiacco), 1940 – [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia)
- *[Icius cervinus](/source/Icius_cervinus)* [Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1878 – [Russia](/source/Russia) (Europe)
- *[Icius congener](/source/Icius_congener)* (Simon, 1871) – [Portugal](/source/Portugal), [Spain](/source/Spain), [Andorra](/source/Andorra), [France](/source/France) (Corsica), [Italy](/source/Italy), [Malta](/source/Malta), [Algeria](/source/Algeria), [Libya](/source/Libya)
- *[Icius crassipes](/source/Icius_crassipes)* (Simon, 1868) – Spain, Algeria, [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia)
- *[Icius deergong](/source/Icius_deergong)* Wang, Mi, Li & Xu, 2024 – China
- *[Icius dendryphantoides](/source/Icius_dendryphantoides)* [Strand](/source/Embrik_Strand), 1909 – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
- *[Icius desertorum](/source/Icius_desertorum)* Simon, 1901 – South Africa
- *[Icius entebbensis](/source/Icius_entebbensis)* Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – [Uganda](/source/Uganda)
- *[Icius fagei](/source/Icius_fagei)* ([Lessert](/source/Roger_de_Lessert), 1925) – [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)
- *[Icius faker](/source/Icius_faker)* Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China
- *[Icius glaucochirus](/source/Icius_glaucochirus)* ([Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1890) – [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) (Sumatra)
- *[Icius grassei](/source/Icius_grassei)* ([Berland](/source/Lucien_Berland) & [Millot](/source/Jacques_Millot), 1941) – [Malawi](/source/Malawi), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [DR Congo](/source/DR_Congo), [Kenya](/source/Kenya)
- *[Icius hamatus](/source/Icius_hamatus)* ([C. L. Koch](/source/Carl_Ludwig_Koch), 1846) – Atlantic Is. North Africa, Southern Europe, [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)). Introduced to Western and Central Europe (type species)
- *[Icius han](/source/Icius_han)* Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China
- *[Icius hortensis](/source/Icius_hortensis)* Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- *[Icius ildefonsus](/source/Icius_ildefonsus)* [Chamberlin](/source/Ralph_Vary_Chamberlin), 1924 – [Mexico](/source/Mexico)
- *[Icius indicus](/source/Icius_indicus)* (Simon, 1901) – India, China
- *[Icius inhonestus](/source/Icius_inhonestus)* [Keyserling](/source/Eugen_von_Keyserling), 1878 – [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)
- *[Icius insolidus](/source/Icius_insolidus)* (Wesołowska, 1999) – [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), South Africa
- *[Icius insolitus](/source/Icius_insolitus)* Alicata & Cantarella, 1994 – Algeria
- *[Icius jacksoni](/source/Icius_jacksoni)* [Haddad](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richard_Haddad) & Wesołowska, 2024 – South Africa
- *[Icius kui](/source/Icius_kui)* Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China
- *[Icius kulakangri](/source/Icius_kulakangri)* Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China
- *[Icius kumariae](/source/Icius_kumariae)* Caleb, 2017 – India
- *[Icius mbitaensis](/source/Icius_mbitaensis)* Wesołowska, 2011 – Uganda, Kenya, [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique)
- *[Icius menemeriformis](/source/Icius_menemeriformis)* (Strand, 1907) – Tanzania
- *[Icius minimus](/source/Icius_minimus)* Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – [Ghana](/source/Ghana), Ethiopia, Mozambique, [China](/source/China)?
- *[Icius niger](/source/Icius_niger)* Peelle & Saito, 1933 – Russia (Kurile Is.)
- *[Icius nigricaudus](/source/Icius_nigricaudus)* Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
- *[Icius ocellatus](/source/Icius_ocellatus)* [Pavesi](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Pavesi), 1883 – East Africa
- *[Icius olokomei](/source/Icius_olokomei)* Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- *[Icius pallidulus](/source/Icius_pallidulus)* Nakatsudi, 1943 – Micronesia
- *[Icius peculiaris](/source/Icius_peculiaris)* Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
- *[Icius pulchellus](/source/Icius_pulchellus)* Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
- *[Icius separatus](/source/Icius_separatus)* [Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1903 – [Hispaniola](/source/Hispaniola)
- *[Icius simoni](/source/Icius_simoni)* Alicata & Cantarella, 1994 – Algeria
- *[Icius steeleae](/source/Icius_steeleae)* [Logunov](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_V._Logunov), 2004 – [Sudan](/source/Sudan), Uganda, Kenya
- *[Icius subinermis](/source/Icius_subinermis)* Simon, 1937 – Mediterranean, [Germany](/source/Germany), [Hungary](/source/Hungary), [Romania](/source/Romania). Introduced to [United States](/source/United_States)
- *[Icius testaceolineatus](/source/Icius_testaceolineatus)* ([Lucas](/source/Hippolyte_Lucas), 1846) – Algeria
- *[Icius tukarami](/source/Icius_tukarami)* Prajapati, Kumbhar & Kamboj, 2021 – India
- *[Icius vikrambatrai](/source/Icius_vikrambatrai)* Prajapati, Malamel, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2018 – India
- *[Icius yadongensis](/source/Icius_yadongensis)* Hu, 2001 – China
- *[Icius zang](/source/Icius_zang)* Wang, Mi & Li, 2024 – China
- *[Icius zhengi](/source/Icius_zhengi)* Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China

## References

1. Simon, Eugène (1876). "10e Genre – Icius *E. S.*". *Les arachnides de France*. Vol. 3. Paris: Roret. pp. 54–60.

1. ["Gen. *Icius* Simon, 1876"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2706). World Spider Catalog. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2025-10-08.

1. Proszynski, Jerzy (2005). ["Gen. Icius Simon, 1876"](https://salticidae.org/salticid/catalog/icius.htm). *Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): Synthesis of Quotations in the World Literature since 1758*. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

## External links

- [Photograph of *I. hamatus*](http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/icius/hama-hol-ph.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211540/http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/icius/hama-hol-ph.htm) 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- [Photographs of *I. hamatus* and *I. subinermis*](http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/ph-nieuw/iciu-nie.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210727/http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/ph-nieuw/iciu-nie.htm) 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- [Fauna Europaea](https://web.archive.org/web/20060928160531/http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution_table.php)
- [Biolib](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id231909/)

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