Pseudicius is a genus of the jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. The name is combined of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Icius. The small genus Wesolowskana (formerly known as Luxuria) should possibly be included in this genus. There is some dispute whether Afraflacilla is a distinct genus or should be included in Pseudicius. Festucula and Marchena are other close relatives, these genera form a monophyletic group.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species. Many species formerly placed here have been transferred to a variety of other genera.
Pseudicius adustus Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
Pseudicius africanus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa, Lesotho
Pseudicius amicus Prószyński, 2000 – Middle East
Pseudicius andamanius (Tikader, 1977) – Andaman Islands
Pseudicius athleta Wesołowska, 2011 – Uganda, Kenya
Pseudicius badius (Simon, 1868) – France (Corsica), Italy to Iran
Pseudicius courtauldi Bristowe, 1935 – Greece to China
Pseudicius cultrifer Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece (Rhodes) Pseudicius dapoensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China Pseudicius decemnotatus Simon, 1885 – Singapore Pseudicius dentatus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa Pseudicius elmenteitae Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya Pseudicius encarpatus (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Central Asia Pseudicius espereyi Fage, 1921 – Greece Pseudicius femineus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa Pseudicius flabellus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa Pseudicius ghesquieri (Giltay, 1935) – Congo Pseudicius gracilis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa Pseudicius icioides (Simon, 1884) – Sudan Pseudicius kaszabi (Żabka, 1985) – Vietnam Pseudicius kulczynskii Nosek, 1905 – Greece, Turkey, Syria Pseudicius maculatus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa, Lesotho Pseudicius marshi (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa Pseudicius matabelensis Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa Pseudicius mirus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Socotra Pseudicius musculus Simon, 1901 – Algeria, South Africa Pseudicius oblongus Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Brazil Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, Iran Pseudicius picaceus (Simon, 1868) – Mediterranean to Azerbaijan Pseudicius procerus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa Pseudicius pseudocourtauldi Logunov, 1999 – Armenia Pseudicius punctatus (Marples, 1957) – Fiji, Samoa, Caroline Is. Pseudicius ridicularis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia Pseudicius sengwaensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Zimbabwe Pseudicius squamatus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 – South Africa Pseudicius vankeeri Metzner, 1999 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel Pseudicius wesolowskae Zhu & Song, 2001 – China Pseudicius yunnanensis (Schenkel, 1963) – China Pseudicius zabkai Song & Zhu, 2001 – China Pseudicius zebra Simon, 1902 – South Africa
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Photograph of P. encarpatus
Photograph of Pseudicius sp.