| Taxon | Pseudicius |
|---|---|
| Authority | Simon, 1885[1] |
| Type species | Aranea encarpata |
| Type species authority | Walckenaer, 1802[1] |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
| Subdivision | See text. |
| Synonyms |
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| Diversity | 34 species |
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]
Many species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to a variety of other genera.[1]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes 34 species:[1]
- Pseudicius adustus Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
- Pseudicius africanus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Pseudicius amicus Prószyński, 2000 – Syria, Israel
- 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 decemnotatus Simon, 1886 – Singapore
- Pseudicius elmenteitae Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Pseudicius encarpatus (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Kazakhstan (type species)
- Pseudicius espereyi Fage, 1921 – Greece
- Pseudicius femineus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius flabellus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius ghesquieri (Giltay, 1935) – DR Congo, Uganda
- Pseudicius gracilis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
- Pseudicius icioides (Simon, 1884) – Sudan
- Pseudicius kaszabi (Żabka, 1985) – Vietnam
- Pseudicius kulczynskii Nosek, 1905 – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria
- Pseudicius maculatus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Pseudicius marshi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
- Pseudicius mirus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Pseudicius musculus Simon, 1901 – Algeria, South Africa
- Pseudicius oblongus G. W. Peckham & E. G. 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 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
- ^ "Gen. Pseudicius Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ^ 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". Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (3): 269–274. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1366. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02.