''Evarcha'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s in the family

Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...

(jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world.

Habitat

These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting in silken cells.

Description

Spiders in this genus generally look rather sturdy and are not very colorful, often brownish. ''Evarcha culicivora'' can be an uncommon predator due to the fact it feeds on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as well-liked prey.Fiona R. Cross & Robert R. Jackson (2009), "Odor-mediated response to plants by ''Evarcha culicivora'', a blood‐feeding jumping spider from East Africa", ''New Zealand Journal of Zoology'' 36(2):75–80

Distribution

Most species occur in

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

and parts of

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

, with ''E. amabilis'' and ''E. hoyi'' found only in the United States. ''E. proszynskii'' is found from Russia to Japan and Canada to United States.

Species

, the

World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...

accepted the following species: * '' Evarcha acuta'' Wesołowska, 2006 –

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

* '' Evarcha aegyptiaca'' ( Prószyński 2018) – Egypt * '' Evarcha alba'' ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Southern Africa * ''

Evarcha albaria ''Evarcha'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world. Habitat These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting i ...

'' ( L. Koch, 1878) – Russia, China,

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

, Japan * '' Evarcha amabilis'' ( C. L. Koch, 1846) – United States * '' Evarcha amanzi'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa * '' Evarcha annae'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa * '' Evarcha aposto'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha arabica'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * ''

Evarcha arcuata ''Evarcha arcuata'' is a species of jumping spiders with a palearctic distribution. Description Males reach a body length of about six, females up to eight millimetres. The female has a brown and whitish cephalothorax, and an opisthosoma with ...

'' (Clerck, 1757) –

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

* '' Evarcha armeniaca'' Logunov, 1999 –

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

* '' Evarcha awashi'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha bakorensis'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 –

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

* '' Evarcha besar'' (Prószyński, 2018) – Malaysia (Borneo) * '' Evarcha bicoronata'' (Simon, 1901) –

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

* '' Evarcha bihastata'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 –

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

* ''

Evarcha brinki ''Evarcha brinki'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus '' Evarcha'' that lives in Northern Cape, South Africa. The species was first described in 2011 by Charles Haddad and Wanda Wesołowska. The spider is small, with a carapace measuri ...

'' Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa * '' Evarcha bulbosa'' Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam * '' Evarcha carbonaria'' (Lessert, 1927) – Congo * '' Evarcha certa'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea * '' Evarcha chappuisi'' Lessert, 1925 –

East Africa East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the Africa, African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the regi ...

* '' Evarcha chiayiensis'' Chen, Lin & Ueng, 2021 – Taiwan * '' Evarcha chubbi'' Lessert, 1925 – East Africa * '' Evarcha coreana'' Seo, 1988 – China, Korea * '' Evarcha crinita'' Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 –

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

* ''

Evarcha culicivora ''Evarcha culicivora'' is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) found only around Lake Victoria in Kenya and Uganda. At maturity, ''E. culicivora'' spiders have an average size of 5 mm for both males and females. The range in ...

'' Wesołowska & Jackson, 2003 – Kenya * '' Evarcha darinurica'' Logunov, 2001 – Afghanistan * '' Evarcha dena'' Zamani, 2017 – Iran * '' Evarcha denticulata'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa * '' Evarcha dubia'' ( Kulczynski, 1901) –

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

* '' Evarcha eriki'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. * '' Evarcha falcata'' (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic * '' Evarcha fasciata'' Seo, 1992 – China, Korea, Japan * '' Evarcha flagellaris'' Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa * '' Evarcha flavocincta'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – China to Java * '' Evarcha gausapata'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra, Java * '' Evarcha grandis'' Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria * '' Evarcha heteropogon'' Simon, 1903 –Vietnam * '' Evarcha hoyi'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) – USA, Canada * '' Evarcha hyllinella'' Strand, 1913 –

Lombok Lombok, is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is rou ...

* '' Evarcha idanrensis'' Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria * '' Evarcha ignea'' Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe * '' Evarcha improcera'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Evarcha infrastriata'' (

Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk: * Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist * Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist * Hermann Gr ...

, 1881) –

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

* '' Evarcha insularis'' (Metzner, 1999) – Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran * '' Evarcha jucunda'' (Lucas, 1846) –

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

, introduced in Belgium * '' Evarcha karas'' Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia * '' Evarcha kirghisica'' Rakov, 1997 –

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

* '' Evarcha kochi'' Simon, 1902 – Java, Lombok * '' Evarcha laetabunda'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Palearctic * '' Evarcha lata'' Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka * '' Evarcha longula'' (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia * '' Evarcha maculata'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea * '' Evarcha madagascariensis'' Prószynski, 1992 –

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

* '' Evarcha michailovi'' Logunov, 1992 – France, Russia,

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

, China * '' Evarcha mirabilis'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa * '' Evarcha mongolica'' Danilov & Logunov, 1994 – Russia, China * '' Evarcha negevensis'' Prószynski, 2000 – Israel * '' Evarcha nenilini'' Rakov, 1997 – Central Asia * '' Evarcha nepos'' ( O. P-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel * '' Evarcha nigricans'' (Dalmas, 1920) –

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

* '' Evarcha nigrifrons'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Sumatra * '' Evarcha obscura'' Caporiacco, 1947 –

* '' Evarcha patagiata'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) –

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

* '' Evarcha picta'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Evarcha pileckii'' Prószynski, 2000 – Israel * '' Evarcha pinguis'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha pococki'' Zabka, 1985 –

Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...

to Vietnam, China * '' Evarcha praeclara'' Prószynski & Wesołowska, 2003 – Sudan, Israel,

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

* '' Evarcha prosimilis'' Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe * '' Evarcha proszynskii'' Marusik & Logunov, 1998 – Russia to Japan, USA, Canada * '' Evarcha pseudopococki'' Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China * '' Evarcha pulchella'' (Thorell, 1895) –

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

* '' Evarcha reiskindi'' Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 –

Caroline Islands The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the cen ...

* '' Evarcha rotundibulbis'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * ''

Evarcha russellsmithi ''Evarcha russellsmithi'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus '' Evarcha'' that lives in Ethiopia. The species was first described in 2008 by Wanda Wesołowska and Beata Tomasiewicz. The spider is small to medium-sized, with a cephaloth ...

'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha selenaria'' Suguro & Yahata, 2012 – Japan * '' Evarcha seyun'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Evarcha similis'' Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia * '' Evarcha simonis'' (Thorell, 1892) – Singapore * '' Evarcha squamulata'' (Simon, 1902) – Sierra Leone * ''

Evarcha striolata ''Evarcha striolata'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus ''Evarcha'' that lives in South Africa. The species was first Species description, described in 2009 by Wanda Wesołowska and Charles Haddad. The spider lives in savanna and fores ...

'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa * '' Evarcha syriaca'' Kulczynski, 1911 – Syria, Israel * '' Evarcha villosa'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa * '' Evarcha vitosa'' Próchniewicz, 1989 – Central, East Africa * '' Evarcha vittula'' Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa * '' Evarcha werneri'' (Simon, 1906) (syn. ''Evarcha elegans'') – Ethiopia, Sudan to Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa * '' Evarcha wulingensis'' Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China * '' Evarcha zayu'' Wang, Mi & Li, 2024 – China * '' Evarcha zimbabwensis'' Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe * '' Evarcha zougoussi'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast

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