Description of two unknown females of Epeus Peckham & Peckham from China (Araneae: Salticidae).
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The jumping spider genus Epeus Peckham & Peckham presently includes 15 species, mainly from South and Southeast Asia (World Spider Catalog 2015). Species of this genus have the cymbium of male palp flattened and elongated, with a basal apophysis retrolaterally, pointing postero-ventrally; tegulum with a tongue-like process; filiform embolus; and epigyne with long copulatory ducts with several loops.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Zootaxa
دوره 3955 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015