''Pancorius'' is a

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of Asian

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that was first described by

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''.

Description

''Pancorius'', or at least its

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ese species, are rather big, thickset and densely haired jumping spiders. The male palpal organ has a simple structure, while the female

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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 A black fly or blackfly (sometimes called a buffalo gnat, turkey gnat, or white socks) is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder. It is related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and Thaumaleidae. Over 2,200 speci ...

, cluster flies), booklice and

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Species

it contains the following species, found throughout southern

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, with one

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species (''P. crassipes''): *'' Pancorius alboclypeus'' Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka *'' Pancorius altus'' Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka *'' Pancorius animosus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1907 –

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*'' Pancorius armatus'' Jastrzebski, 2011 –

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*'' 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 –

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*'' Pancorius cheni'' Peng & Li, 2008 –

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*'' Pancorius crassipes'' ( Karsch, 1881) – Eastern and South-eastern Asia,

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(?) *'' Pancorius crinitus'' Logunov & Jäger, 2015 –

*'' Pancorius curtus'' (Simon, 1877) –

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*'' Pancorius dabanis'' ( Hogg, 1922) –

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*'' Pancorius daitaricus'' ( Prószyński, 1992) – India *'' Pancorius darjeelingianus'' Prószyński, 1992 – India *'' Pancorius dentichelis'' (Simon, 1899) (

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) –

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(

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) *'' 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 –

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*'' 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,

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*'' Pancorius naevius'' Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (

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, Sumatra) *'' Pancorius nagaland'' Caleb, 2019 – India *'' Pancorius nahang'' Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam *'' Pancorius petoti'' Prószyński &

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, 2013 – Borneo *'' Pancorius protervus'' (Simon, 1902) –

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*'' Pancorius pseudomagnus'' Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam *'' Pancorius relucens'' (Simon, 1901) – China (Hong Kong) *'' Pancorius scoparius'' Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (Java) *'' Pancorius submontanus'' Prószyński, 1992 – India,

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*'' 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

References

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