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Epocilla Femoralis
''Epocilla'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. The name comes from (''Epocillus''), a soldier of Alexander the Great. Species it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii: *''Epocilla aura'' (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan, India *''Epocilla aurantiaca'' (Simon, 1885) – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam *''Epocilla blairei'' Żabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam *''Epocilla calcarata'' (Karsch, 1880) – India, China to Indonesia (Sulawesi). Introduced to Seychelles, United States (Hawaii) *''Epocilla chimakothiensis'' Jastrzebski, 2007 – Bhutan *''Epocilla femoralis'' Simon, 1901 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *''Epocilla innotata'' Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar *''Epocilla mauriciana'' Simon, 1901 – Mauritius *''Epocilla picturata'' Simon, 1901 – China *''Epocilla praetextata'' Thorell, 1887 – India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar to Indonesia (Java) *''Epocilla sirohi'' Caleb, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, Eugène Simon and Thomas Workman (entomologist), Thomas Workman. He described more than 1,000 spider species during his time from the 1850s to 1900. Thorell wrote: ''On European Spiders'' (1869) and ''Synonym of European Spiders'' (1870-73). Taxonomic honors The Orb-weaver spider genus ''Thorellina'' and the jumping spider genus ''Thorelliola'' are named after him, as well as about 30 species of spiders: * ''Araneus thorelli'' (Roewer, 1942) (Myanmar) (Araneidae) * ''Gasteracantha thorelli'' Keyserling, 1864 (Madagascar) (Araneidae) * ''Leviellus thorelli'' (Ausserer, 1871) (Europe) (Araneidae) * ''Mandjelia thorelli'' (Raven, 1990) (Queensland) (Barychelidae) * ''Clubiona thorelli'' Roewer, 1951 (Sumatra) (Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
