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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{For|ancient Greek characters with the name Epeus|Epeius}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = GBohne Epeus flavobilineatus.jpg
| image_caption = Male ''[[Epeus flavobilineatus]]''
| taxon = Epeus
| authority = [[George and Elizabeth Peckham|Peckham & Peckham]], 1886<ref name=WSC_g2634/>
| type_species = ''[[Epeus tener|Evenus tener]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1877<ref name=WSC_g2634/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = [[#Species|See text]].
}}
[[File:Epeus flavobilineatus.jpg|thumb|Male ''[[Epeus flavobilineatus]]'']]
'''''Epeus''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[spider]] family [[Salticidae]] ([[jumping spider]]s). They are often found on broad-leaved plants or shrubs of [[rain forest]], or in gardens of [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name=murphy298f>Murphy & Murphy 2000: 298f</ref>
The genus is similar to ''[[Plexippoides]]''.<ref name=zhang2003>Zhang ''et al.'' 2003</ref>
==Description==
Like most spiders, they exhibit sexual dimorphism. Females are 7–9&nbsp;mm long, males 6–9&nbsp;mm. They are long-legged with a long [[opisthosoma]], and quite colorful. Males have a characteristic v-shaped crest of raised, long hairs on the head, resembling a [[Mohawk hairstyle|mohawk]].<ref name=murphy298f/>
''E. glorius'', described in 1985, has a pale orange carapace with a deep orange crest of hairs. The three rear eye pairs have black surrounds with white squamose hairs, the [[opisthosoma]] is pale yellow. The four frontal legs of the male are brown with yellowish tarsi at the end, the other four legs are light brown. The legs of the female are pale yellow with black tips.<ref name=murphy298f/>
==Distribution==
Members of this genus are distributed throughout southern Asia.
==Name==
The [[Generic name (biology)|generic name]] is derived from [[Epeius]] of [[Greek mythology]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
==Species==
{{As of|2021|May}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepts the following species:<ref name=WSC_g2634/>
* ''[[Epeus alboguttatus]]'' <small>([[Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell|Thorell]], 1887)</small> – [[China]], [[Myanmar]], [[Vietnam]]
* ''[[Epeus albus]]'' <small>Prószyński, 1992</small> – [[India]]
* ''[[Epeus bicuspidatus]]'' <small>(Song, Gu & Chen, 1988)</small> – China, [[Taiwan]]<ref name = Chen2013>Chen, 2013</ref>
* ''[[Epeus chilapataensis]]'' <small>(Biswas & Biswas, 1992)</small> – India
* ''[[Epeus daiqini]]'' <small>Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020</small> – [[Thailand]]
* ''[[Epeus edwardsi]]'' <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – [[Philippines]]
* ''[[Epeus exdomus]]'' <small>Jastrzebski, 2010</small> – [[Nepal]]
* ''[[Epeus flavobilineatus]]'' <small>([[Carl Ludwig Doleschall|Doleschall]], 1859)</small> – [[Java]]
* ''[[Epeus furcatus]]'' <small>Zhang, Song & Li, 2003</small> – [[Singapore]]
* ''[[Epeus glorius]]'' <small>Zabka, 1985</small> – China, Taiwan,<ref name = Chen2013/> Vietnam
* ''[[Epeus guangxi]]'' <small>Peng & Li, 2002</small> – China, Taiwan<ref name = Chen2013/>
* ''[[Epeus hawigalboguttatus]]'' <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – Philippines
* ''[[Epeus indicus]]'' <small>Prószyński, 1992</small> – India
* ''[[Epeus mirus]]'' <small>(Peckham & Peckham, 1907)</small> – [[Borneo]]
* ''[[Epeus pallidus]]'' <small>Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020</small> – Thailand
* ''[[Epeus sumatranus]]'' <small>Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012</small> – [[Sumatra]]
* ''[[Epeus szirakii]]'' <small>Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020</small> – Thailand
* ''[[Epeus tener]]'' <small>(Simon, 1877)</small> – Java
* ''[[Epeus triangulopalpis]]'' <small>Malamel, Nafin, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2019</small> – India
==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=WSC_g2634>{{citation |title=Gen. ''Epeus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1886 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2634 |access-date=2021-05-03 }}</ref>
}}
==References==
* Murphy, F. & Murphy, J. (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. ''Malaysian Nature Society'', Kuala Lumpur.
* Zhang, J. X.; Song, D. X. & Li, D. (2003): Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia. ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' '''51'''(2):187-195. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061229224828/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/51/51rbz187-195.pdf PDF] (''E. furcatus'')
* {{ cite thesis | degree = Master | last = Chen | first = C.-C. | year = 2013 | title = A taxonomic study on the spiders of Plexippoida (Araneae: Salticidae) of Taiwan | publisher = [[National Taiwan Normal University]] | pages = 205 }}
==External links==
* Salticidae.org: [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/epeus/epeus.htm Diagnostic drawings and color photographs]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014074709/http://www.apbworks.co.nz/ft_10.htm Photograph of ''E. flavobilineatus'']
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[[Category:Salticidae genera]]
[[Category:Spiders of Asia]]
[[Category:Salticidae]]