Evarcha picta

The female has a large depression in the centre of its epigyne and narrow insemination ducts that lead to long accessory glands and small spermathecae.

Evarcha picta is a species of jumping spider that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Antonius van Harten in 2007.

[1] It was one of over 500 species identified by the Polish arachnologist Wesołowska during her career, making her one of the most prolific in the field.

[4] In 1976, Jerzy Prószyński placed the genus Evarcha in the subfamily Pelleninae, along with the genera Bianor and Pellenes.

[5] In Wayne Maddison's 2015 study of spider phylogenetic classification, the genus Evarcha was moved to the subtribe Plexippina.

[11] This designation is not widely accepted and the species remains in the Evarcha genus in the World Spider Catalog.

The spider's body is divided into two main parts: a round cephalothorax and an oval abdomen.

It has a rhomboid palpal bulb, with a large bulbous protrusion at its base and rounded sides.

The tibia has a wide protrusion, or tibial apophysis, that also has a small tooth on its side near its end.

The copulatory openings are mounted to the back and lead to very large many-chambered spermathecae, or receptacles, that consist of a single loop.

[4] The insemination ducts are narrow and lead to long accessory glands as well as the spermathecae.

Externally, it most easily distinguished by its clypeus, which is brownish-orange compared to the red of the other spider.

The female Evarcha picta has a wider depression in the centre of the epigyne, narrower insemination ducts, longer accessory glands and smaller spermathecae, while the male has a shorter embolus.

[15] Evarcha spiders live across the world, although those found in North America may be accidental migrants.