Mighty Big-headed Jumper
This species is recognised by its large size. The male is recognised by the thickset and black cephalothorax, a herring bone pattern on the dorsum, and dense brushes of hairs on tibiae and metatarsi I and II, and a tuft of white hairs on tarsi I and II.
The females are large, usually exceeding 10 mm in length. The carapace has a median band of white hairs. The abdomen has a broad light-coloured band, at least anteriorly.
| Length | ♀ 11 mm; ♂ 8 mm |
| Type Locality | Ninh Binh, Vietnam |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Penang), Vietnam, China. |
| Habitat | Foliage in primary and secondary forests. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Pancorius magnus (Original description ♂♀)
Żabka, 1985 Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam: 422, f. 387-400
Pancorius magnus (♂♀)
Prószyński, 1992b Salticidae (Araneae) of India in the collection of the Hungarian National Natural History Museum in Budapest: 191, f. 109-112
Pancorius magnus (♂♀)
Peng & Li, 2002h Four new and two newly recorded species of Taiwanese jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) deposited in the United States: 340, f. 9-15
Pancorius magnus (♂)
Jastrzebski, 2011 Salticidae from the Himalayas: 186, f. 9, 20
Pancorius magnus (♂♀)
Caleb et al., 2019a Jumping spiders of the genus Pancorius Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini) from eastern India, with a description of a new species: 264, f. 11-14 doi:10.15298/arthsel.28.2.09
Pancorius magnus (♂♀)
Peng, 2020 Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: 273, f. 193a-g
Pancorius magnus (♀)
Logunov, 2021e Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Na Hang Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam: 1041, f. 118-119 doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1021
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Penang), Vietnam, China.