Epeus glorius

Epeus glorius
female from Hong Kong
male from Hong Kong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Epeus
Species:
E. glorius
Binomial name
Epeus glorius
Żabka, 1985

Epeus glorius is a species of jumping spider in the genus Epeus. It was first described by Marek Żabka in 1985.

Distribution

E. glorius is distributed across several countries in Asia. It has been recorded from China (Chongqing, Yunnan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces), Vietnam, and Malaysia.

Description

Males of E. glorius have a total length of 6.80–8 mm. The carapace is light brown with sparse hair, and the sides and front margin of the eye region have sparse white hair. The abdomen is slender and cylindrical, with a light brownish-yellow dorsal surface lacking distinct markings.

The species can be distinguished from similar species in the genus by the male's long cymbial apophysis, which is armed with small serrula on its ventral edge, and the well-developed retrolateral tibial apophysis.

Females have a total length of approximately 10 mm and can be identified by the widely separated copulatory openings with two depressions between them.

Taxonomy

The holotype male specimen is deposited in the Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. The female of the species was first described in 2015 by Meng, Zhang & Shi based on specimens from Chongqing, China.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Epeus glorius Żabka, 1985". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Meng, X. W.; Zhang, Z. S.; Shi, A. M. (2015). "Description of two unknown females of Epeus Peckham & Peckham from China (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 3955 (1): 147–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.11.
  3. 1 2 Peng, X. J.; Li, S. Q. (2002). "A review of the genus Epeus Peckham & Peckham (Araneae: Salticidae) from China". Oriental Insects. 36: 385–392. doi:10.1080/00305316.2002.10417336.