Evarcha pinguis is a species of jumping spider that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Beata Tomasiewicz in 2008.

[2] Despite reservations, mainly due to the unusually large size of the spider, they allocated it to the genus Evarcha rather than Hyllus.

[3] First circumscribed by Eugène Simon in 1902, Evarcha is one of the largest genera of jumping spiders, with members found on four continents.

[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 rather round cephalothorax and an abdomen that is shaped more like a tear-drop.

The carapace, the hard upper part of the cephalothorax, is oval and dark brown with a lighter streak down the middle.

The spider's face, or clypeus, is covered in white hairs that also form streaks beneath the outermost eyes.

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

[1] The holotype was found in near Hora Crater Lake, Debre Zeit, in 1987 at an altitude of 1,900 m (6,200 ft) above sea level.