Evarcha jucunda (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally dark brown with white hairs on margin. Eye region black, broad white hair band semicircular from anterior lateral eyes to posterior sloping edge. Opisthosoma dorsally light with very variable dark line- and chevron pattern, always with white-black equatorial band. Palp with slightly different coloured embolus and triangular, pointed apophysis.
Body length male: 5.1-6.3 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Opisthosoma dorsally light with dark net design anteriorly and posterior dark median chevron pattern, ventrally light with dark median stripe.
Body length female: 5.5-7.4 mmAdditional information
Mainly in bush layer, more rarely on the ground or on trees, Mediterranean species, from lowland up to 1500 m.
Mediterranean species, imported to Belgium and Germany with transported fruits; probably not established so far (Alderweierldt 1996b, Ludy & Niechoj 2005).
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hansen 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 2015)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 2015)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 2015)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 2015)
Embolus
(Hansen 2000)
Variability of tibial apophysis
(Hansen 2000)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Hansen 2000)
Epigyne
(Hansen 2000)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Logunov 2015)
Epigyne
(Logunov 2015)
Epigyne
(Logunov 2015)
Epigyne
(Logunov 2015)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2021a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hansen 2000)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva
(Logunov 2015)
Vulva
(Logunov 2015)
Vulva
(Logunov 2015)
Vulva
(Logunov 2015)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Alderweireldt M (1996b) Evarcha jucunda (Lucas), nieuw voor de Belgische fauna (Araneae, Salticidae): introductie, zwerver of noordwaartse areaalsuitbreiding. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 11: 79-80 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Deltshev C D, Ćurčić B P M, Blagoev GA (2003b) The spiders of Serbia. Inst. Zoology, Fac. Biology, Belgrade & Inst. Zoology, Bulg. Acad. Sci., Sofia. 832 pp.
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Hansen H (2000) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Biologie von Evarcha jucunda (Araneae Salticidae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 499-513
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Komnenov M (2006) New data on jumping spiders in the Republic of Macedonia with a complete checklist (Araneae: Salticidae). In: Deltshev, C. & Stoev, P. (eds.) European Arachnology 2005. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica Supplement 1: 301-314
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85
Logunov D V (2024a) Salticidae (Araneae) imported to the United Kingdom, with description of a new, non-native, species of Anasaitis Bryant, 1950. Arachnology 19: 1036-1042
Ludy C, Niechoj R (2005) Erster Nachweis der Springspinne Evarcha jucunda (Araneae: Salticidae) in Deutschland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 29: 53-54
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
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