Eupoa is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from Asia.
Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, and do probably not belong to the Salticoida, the main clade of jumping spiders. It is basal, but placement is not yet clear. Possibly Eupoa has branched from other basal groups like Lyssomaninae or Spartaeinae a long time ago.Maddison et al. 2007:21
Specimens of E. prima were collected from leaf litter.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 292
Description Eupoa are small salticids, with E. prima only reaching about 2 mm in both sexes. Although not closely related, it looks a bit like Neon, another litter dwelling species.
The abdomen is dark with light elongate transversal patches.
Species , it contains eighteen species:
Eupoa daklak Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Vietnam Eupoa hainanensis Peng & Kim, 1997 — China (Hainan) Eupoa jingwei Maddison & Zhang, 2007 — China Eupoa lehtineni Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — India, Thailand, Vietnam Eupoa lobli Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Malaysia Eupoa logunovi Wang & Li, 2022 — China Eupoa maddisoni Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam Eupoa maidinhyeni Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam Eupoa nezha Maddison & Zhang, 2007 — China Eupoa ninhbinh Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam Eupoa pappi Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand Eupoa pengi Liu, 2021 — China Eupoa prima Żabka, 1985 — Vietnam Eupoa pulchella Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand, Laos Eupoa schwendingeri Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand Eupoa thailandica Logunov & Marusik, 2014 — Thailand Eupoa yunnanensis Peng & Kim, 1997 — China, Laos Eupoa zabkai Wang, Li & Pham, 2023 — Vietnam
Footnotes
References (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. (2007): A basal phylogenetic placement for the salticid spider Eupoa, with descriptions of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 1432: 23-33. Abstract
External links Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of most species