Pancorius

Abstract: Seven species belonging to five genera of Salticidae ( Artabrus, Bathippus, Epeus, Pancorius and Simaetha) from Singapore and Malaysia are diagnosed, described and figured. Among them, six species are new to science and named: Bathippus digitalis, B. pahang, B. rectus, Epeus furcatus, Pancorius kohi and Simaetha deelemanae; the species Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846) is newly recorded from Singapore.

Abstract: Xian-Jin Peng and Shu-Qiang Li (2002) Four new and two newly recorded species of Taiwanese jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) deposited in the United States. Zoological Studies 41(3): 337-345. The present paper reports on 6 species of jumping spiders from Taiwanese specimens collected during the 1930s and deposited in the United States. Among them, 4 are new to science (Cytaea levii sp. nov., Dexippus taiwanensis sp. nov., Tauala elongata sp. nov., and Sitticus taiwanensis sp. nov.) and the other 2 (Pancorius magnus Zabka 1985 and Phintella deblis (Thorell 1892)) are new records for Taiwan. Detailed morphological and genital characteristics are given. Updated distribution information is also provided. Except for Sitticus and Phintella, all genera are reported from Taiwan for the 1st time. http://www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/41.3/337.pdf

Abstract: Three new species of the jumping spider genus Pancorius Simon, 1902: P. armatus , P. cadus , P. urnus are described from the Nepal Himalayas. P. magnus Żabka, 1985 is reported for the first time from the Himalayas. Diagnoses, descriptions and drawings of diagnostic characters for those species are given. Check-list and map of horizontal distribution of species of Pancorius from the Himalayas are given.