''Eupoa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from China. Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, and do probably not belong to the

Salticoida Salticoida is an unranked clade of the jumping spider family Salticidae. It is the larger and more widespread of the two subdivisions of the "typical" jumping spiders (subfamily Salticinae), occurring effectively world-wide. Its sister clade is ...

, the main clade of jumping spiders. It is

basal Basal or basilar is a term meaning ''base'', ''bottom'', or ''minimum''. Science * Basal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure * Basal (medicine), a minimal level that is nec ...

, but placement is not yet clear. Possibly ''Eupoa'' has branched from other basal groups like

Lyssomaninae Lyssomaninae is a subfamily of jumping spiders. It includes four genera, three from the New World. Description Members of the subfamily Lyssomaninae are mostly green or yellow, and have long legs compared to other salticids. The anterior later ...

Spartaeinae The Spartaeinae are a subfamily of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The subfamily was established by Fred R. Wanless in 1984 to include the groups Boetheae, Cocaleae, Lineae, Codeteae and Cyrbeae, which in turn were defined by Eu ...

a long time ago.Maddison ''et al.'' 2007:21 Specimens of ''E. prima'' were collected from leaf litter.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 292

Description

''Eupoa'' are small salticids, with ''E. prima'' only reaching about 2 mm in both sexes. Although not closely related, it looks a bit like ''

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'', another litter dwelling species. The abdomen is dark with light elongate transversal patches.

Species

* ''

Eupoa hainanensis ''Eupoa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from China. Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, ...

'' Peng & Kim, 1997 –

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( Hainan) * ''

Eupoa jingwei ''Eupoa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from China. Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, ...

'' Maddison & Zhang, 2007 – China (

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

) * ''

Eupoa liaoi ''Eupoa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from China. Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, ...

'' Peng & Li, 2006 – China * ''

Eupoa maculata ''Eupoa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from China. Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, ...

'' Peng & Kim, 1997 – China (Hainan) * ''

Eupoa nezha ''Eupoa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from China. Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, ...

'' Maddison & Zhang, 2007 – China * ''

Eupoa prima ''Eupoa prima'' is a species of jumping spider from Vietnam. Described in 1985, it was for some time the only described species in the genus ''Eupoa''; however, since 1997 six new species have been reported. Description Both sexes are one to two ...

'' Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam * ''

Eupoa yunnanensis ''Eupoa'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Originally known only from one species from Vietnam, several other species have been described since 1997, all from China. Spiders of this genus have unusual pedipalps, ...

'' Peng & Kim, 1997 – China ( Yunnan)

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. ''Malaysian Nature Society'', Kuala Lumpur. * (2007): A basal phylogenetic placement for the salticid spider Eupoa, with descriptions of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). ''Zootaxa'' 1432: 23-33
Abstract
* (2009)

version 9.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.

External links

* Salticidae.org

of most species {{Taxonbar, from=Q1944181 Salticidae genera Spiders of Asia Salticidae