Pselcis is a spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, P. latefasciata, occurs only on the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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The species was described from a single immature male, which was about 8 mm long. Eugène Simon placed it near Laufeia

Laufeia

Laufeia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family with Asian distribution, where they are found on shrubs and other plants.-Relationships:...

, although drawings by Proszynski (1987) suggest it is closer to Thiania

Thiania

Thiania is a spider genus of the Salticidae family . The 17 described species are found in Asia from Pakistan to the Philippines, with one species found on Hawai'i.-Species:* Thiania abdominalis Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam...

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Name

The genus name is probably derived from "Pselcis", a Graeco-Roman location in Nubia

Nubia

Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization...

, today known as Dakkeh.

Further reading

(1987): Atlas rysunkow diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyzszej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlcach.