Copper Heavy Jumper
Like male H. diardi, the male has a bronzy body, but its cephalothorax is distinctly rounded when viewed from above, and the body is far more hairy.
The female can instantly be recognised by its intricately and strikingly patterned abdomen.
| Length | ♀ 7–9 mm; ♂ 6–8 mm |
| Type Locality | Karnataka, India |
| Distribution | Singapore, India, Sri Lanka. |
| Habitat | Foliage in shrubs in gardens, parkland, and farms. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India; ♂ of Phidippus indicus (Tikader, 1974a)
Paratype
National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India; 1♂ of Phidippus indicus (Tikader, 1974a)
Syntype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 1♂ 1♀ (6759) (Prószyński, 1984a)
Allotype
National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India; ♀ of Phidippus indicus (Tikader, 1974a)
Thyene semicuprea (Original description ♂♀)
Simon, 1885h Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale: 4, 29, pl. 10, f. 1
Sandalodes semicupreus (♂)
Simon, 1903a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 689, f. 820-821 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Phidippus indicus (Original description ♂♀)
Tikader, 1974a Studies on some jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus from India (family-Salticidae): 122, f. 5-9
Sandalodes semicupreus (♂)
Prószyński & Żabka, 1980 Remarks on Oligocene amber spiders of the family Salticidae: 214, f. 4
Phidippus indicus (♂♀)
Tikader & Biswas, 1981 Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I: 92, f. 160-163
Sandalodes semicupreus (♂♀)
Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 64-65
Hyllus semicupreus (Transferred from Sandalodes, Synonym of Phidippus indicus)
Prószyński, 1990 Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): synthesis of quotations in the world literature since 1940, with basic taxonomic data since 1758: 177
Hyllus semicupreus (♂♀)
Prószyński, 1992b Salticidae (Araneae) of India in the collection of the Hungarian National Natural History Museum in Budapest: 180, f. 57, 60-64
Hyllus semicupreus (♀)
Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2016 A treatise on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of tea ecosystem of Dooars, West Bengal, India: 16, f. 12A-E, 25A, 27H
Hyllus semicupreus (♂♀)
Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 36, f. 14A, 16D, 17A doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1
Hyllus semicupreus (♂)
Prószyński, 2018b Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae): 151, f. 10O doi:10.37828/em.2018.16.12
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, India, Sri Lanka.