Epocilla aurantiaca Simon, 1885

Magar, Kiran Thapa, Shrestha, Bimal Raj, Gurung, Tek Bahadur, K. C., Rabin Bahadur, Babu, Lamichhane, Ram, Hill, David E. & Thapa, Arjun, 2020, New records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Nepal, Peckhamia 220 (1), pp. 1-11 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7171256
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7169783
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scientific name	Epocilla aurantiaca Simon, 1885
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3. Epocilla aurantiaca Simon, 1885 View in CoL (Figures 7-8)

Material examined. Continent: Asia; country: Nepal; province: Bagmati; district: Chitwan ; locality: Eastern sector, Chitwan National Park ; habitat: bushes; elevation: 167 m asl; latitude: 27.5673N; longitude: 84.4854E; sampling protocol: aerial hand collection; sex: 1 female GoogleMaps .

Global distribution. India, Malacca, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal (new record), Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Identification. Based on brownish lateral thin band borders at cephalothorax, legs with thin, semitransparent without hairs, and whitish band surrounded by orange band on dorsum of abdomen.

Habitat notes. This specimen was found on a leaf of Gandhe jhar ( Ageratum sp. ).