Pseudicius procerus

The species is similar to the related Pseudicius matabelensis but differs in its copulatory organs.

The female has two pockets at the front of the epigyne and long seminal ducts leading to elongated spermathecae.

The male has a very long curved tibial apophysis, or spike, and a medium-sized embolus that is attached to the tegulum.

Pseudicius procerus is a jumping spider that was first described by the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska and Charles Haddad in 2011.

[4] The genus was provisionally placed alongside Icius that, despite looking superficially similar, has a different etymology.

[5][6] Indeed, Ekaterina Andreeva, Stefania Hęciak and Jerzy Prószyński looked to combine the genera in 1984.

[7] The two genera have similar spermathecal structure but work by Wayne Maddison in 1987 demonstrated that they have very different DNA.

It is dark brown and ovoid with two a lattice-like pattern of white stripes running down the middle crossed by three other white stripes running from side to side, one at the very front, another in the middle and the last near the rear.

There is a single very long, pointed and slightly curved tibial apophysis, and a medium-sized embolus that joins to the ovsl tegulum.

The spider has long looping insemination ducts that lead to elongated spermathecae that lie longwise at the rear of the epigyne.

[15] The species is similar to Pseudicius matabelensis but differs in the design of its copulatory organs.