Icius is a genus of jumping spiders described by Eugène Simon in 1876, belonging to the Order Araneae, Family Salticidae.
Distribution Icius is an almost cosmopolitan genus, widespread in Europe (mainly in Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Poland, Romania, Portugal, southern Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain and in The Netherlands), as well in Asia, Africa and in Central and South America (one species, Icius pallidulus is endemic of Micronesia).
Species
, this genus includes 49 species:
Icius abnormis Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan Icius alboterminus (Caleb, 2014) – Pakistan, India, Nepal Icius bamboo Cao & Li, 2016 – China Icius bandama Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast Icius bilobus Yang & Tang, 1996 – China Icius brunellii Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia Icius cervinus Simon, 1878 – Russia (Europe) Icius congener (Simon, 1871) – Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France (Corsica), Italy, Malta, Algeria, Libya Icius crassipes (Simon, 1868) – Spain, Algeria, Tunisia Icius deergong Wang, Mi, Li & Xu, 2024 – China Icius dendryphantoides Strand, 1909 – South Africa Icius desertorum Simon, 1901 – South Africa Icius entebbensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Icius fagei (Lessert, 1925) – Tanzania Icius faker Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China Icius glaucochirus (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) Icius grassei (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Malawi, Nigeria, DR Congo, Kenya Icius hamatus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Atlantic Is. North Africa, Southern Europe, Turkey, Georgia. Introduced to Western and Central Europe (type species) Icius han Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China Icius hortensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Icius ildefonsus Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico Icius indicus (Simon, 1901) – India, China Icius inhonestus Keyserling, 1878 – Uruguay Icius insolidus (Wesołowska, 1999) – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa Icius insolitus Alicata & Cantarella, 1994 – Algeria Icius jacksoni Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024 – South Africa Icius kui Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China Icius kulakangri Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China Icius kumariae Caleb, 2017 – India Icius mbitaensis Wesołowska, 2011 – Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique Icius menemeriformis (Strand, 1907) – Tanzania Icius minimus Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ghana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, China? Icius niger Peelle & Saito, 1933 – Russia (Kurile Is.) Icius nigricaudus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa Icius ocellatus Pavesi, 1883 – East Africa Icius olokomei Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria Icius pallidulus Nakatsudi, 1943 – Micronesia Icius peculiaris Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia Icius pulchellus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa Icius separatus Banks, 1903 – Hispaniola Icius simoni Alicata & Cantarella, 1994 – Algeria Icius steeleae Logunov, 2004 – Sudan, Uganda, Kenya Icius subinermis Simon, 1937 – Mediterranean, Germany, Hungary, Romania. Introduced to United States Icius testaceolineatus (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria Icius tukarami Prajapati, Kumbhar & Kamboj, 2021 – India Icius vikrambatrai Prajapati, Malamel, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2018 – India Icius yadongensis Hu, 2001 – China Icius zang Wang, Mi & Li, 2024 – China Icius zhengi Yang & Zhang, 2024 – China
References
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Photograph of I. hamatus Photographs of I. hamatus and I. subinermis Fauna Europaea Biolib