Pancorius

Pancorius is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.^[3] They are similar to Hyllus.^[4]

Pancorius
Pancorius crassipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Pancorius Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
P. dentichelis (Simon, 1899)
Species
41, see text
Synonyms[1]
Orissania Prószyński, 1992[2]

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.^[5]

Habitat

Pancorius have been collected from various habitats including a roadside wall with dense vegetation, open forest, tropical rainforest and jungle.^[5][6]

Diet

One species, P. changricus, has been reported to feed on various flies (hover flies, black flies, cluster flies), booklice and thrips.^[6]

Species

As of August 2023^[update] it contains the following species, found throughout southern Asia, with one palaearctic species (P. crassipes):^[1]

• 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