Pancorius is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to Hyllus.
Description Pancorius, or at least its Vietnamese species, are rather big, thickset and densely haired jumping spiders. The male palpal organ has a simple structure, while the female epigyne has two pockets and their internal structures consist of 2-3 vast chambers.
Habitat Pancorius have been collected from various habitats including a roadside wall with dense vegetation, open forest, tropical rainforest and jungle.
Diet One species, P. changricus, has been reported to feed on various flies (hover flies, black flies, cluster flies), booklice and thrips.
Species it contains the following species, found throughout southern Asia, with one palaearctic species (P. crassipes): Pancorius alboclypeus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka Pancorius altus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka Pancorius animosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo Pancorius armatus Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal Pancorius athukoralai Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka Pancorius borneensis Simon, 1902 – Borneo Pancorius cadus Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal Pancorius candidus Wang & Wang, 2020 – China Pancorius changricus Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan Pancorius cheni Peng & Li, 2008 – China Pancorius crassipes (Karsch, 1881) – Eastern and South-eastern Asia, Poland (?) Pancorius crinitus Logunov & Jäger, 2015 – Vietnam Pancorius curtus (Simon, 1877) – Philippines Pancorius dabanis (Hogg, 1922) – India Pancorius daitaricus (Prószyński, 1992) – India Pancorius darjeelingianus Prószyński, 1992 – India Pancorius dentichelis (Simon, 1899) (type) – Indonesia (Sumatra) Pancorius fasciatus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo Pancorius goulufengensis Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998 – China Pancorius guiyang Yang, Gu & Yu, 2023 – China Pancorius hainanensis Song & Chai, 1991 – China Pancorius kaskiae Zabka, 1990 – Nepal Pancorius kohi Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore Pancorius latus Cao & Li, 2016 – China Pancorius lui Gan, Mi & Wang, 2022 – China Pancorius magniformis Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan Pancorius magnus Zabka, 1985 – India, Nepal, Vietnam, Taiwan Pancorius naevius Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) Pancorius nagaland Caleb, 2019 – India Pancorius nahang Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam Pancorius petoti Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Borneo Pancorius protervus (Simon, 1902) – Malaysia Pancorius pseudomagnus Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam Pancorius relucens (Simon, 1901) – China (Hong Kong) Pancorius scoparius Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (Java) Pancorius submontanus Prószyński, 1992 – India, Japan Pancorius tagorei Prószyński, 1992 – India Pancorius taiwanensis Bao & Peng, 2002 – Taiwan Pancorius thorelli (Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra) Pancorius urnus Jastrzebski, 2011 – Nepal Pancorius wangdicus Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan Pancorius wesolowskae Wang & Wang, 2020 – China
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