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. The small genus Wesolowskana (formerly known as Luxuria) should possibly be included in this genus. 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.
Many species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to a variety of other genera.
Species
, this genus includes 34 species:
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
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Photograph of P. encarpatus Photograph of Pseudicius sp.