Icius

Icius
male Icius subinermis
female Icius congener
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Icius
Simon, 1876
Type species
Marpissa hamata
Species

See text.

Icius is a genus of jumping spiders described by Eugène Simon in 1876,[1] belonging to the Order Araneae, Family Salticidae.[2]

Distribution

Icius is an almost cosmopolitan genus, widespread in Europe (mainly in Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Poland, Romania, Portugal, southern Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain and in The Netherlands), as well in Asia, Africa and in Central and South America (one species, Icius pallidulus is endemic of Micronesia).[3]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 49 species:[2]

References

  1. ^ Simon, Eugène (1876). "10e Genre – Icius E. S.". Les arachnides de France. Vol. 3. Paris: Roret. pp. 54–60.
  2. ^ a b "Gen. Icius Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  3. ^ Proszynski, Jerzy (2005). "Gen. Icius Simon, 1876". Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): Synthesis of Quotations in the World Literature since 1758. Retrieved 13 July 2017.