Evarcha Simon 1902

GenusEvarchaSimon, 1902 Type species. Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757), by subsequent designation. Diagnosis. Evarcha are medium-sized plexippine salticids displaying a vast diversity in genital morphology: the embolus may be short, stout and compact or range to very long and filamentous; tegulum ranges from round, oval to conical and may bear distinctive outgrowths / expansions; single RTA present; insemination ducts range from broad and membranous to thin and tube-shaped; Leg III longer than IV (Wang et al. 2024; Zamani et al. 2017; Żabka 1993). However, it has been suggested that Evarcha, as currently defined, acts as a ‘ dumping ground’ genus and likely harbours many unrelated species, and cryptic generic diversity (Kanesharatnam and Benjamin 2020). Thus, a universal definition of the genus is difficult to propose (Wang et al. 2024).