Euophrys

Euophrys; Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Euophrys frontalis (Male)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Euophrys; C. L. Koch, 1834
Type species
	E. frontalis; (Walckenaer, 1802)
Species
	108, see text

Euophrys is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1834.^[2] The small black E. omnisuperstes lives on Mount Everest at elevations up to 6,700 meters, possibly making it the most elevated animal in the world. ^[3]

Species[edit]

As of June 2019^[update] it contains 108 species and one subspecies, found in Oceania, North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Central America, South America, and on the Windward Islands:^[1]

E. acripes (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica)
E. alabardata Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia
E. albimana Denis, 1937 – Algeria
E. albopatella Petrunkevitch, 1914 – Myanmar
E. altera (Simon, 1868) – Spain
E. alticola Denis, 1955 – France, Spain
E. arenaria (Urquhart, 1888) – New Zealand
E. astuta (Simon, 1871) – Morocco
E. auricolor Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
E. baliola (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica)
E. banksi Roewer, 1951 – Mexico
E. bifida Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. bifoveolata Tullgren, 1905 – Argentina
E. bryophila Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Fiji
E. canariensis Denis, 1941 – Canary Is.
E. capicola Simon, 1901 – South Africa
E. catherinae Prószyński, 2000 – Egypt
E. cochlea Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. concolorata Roewer, 1951 – Pakistan (Karakorum)
E. convergentis Strand, 1906 – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
E. cooki Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
E. crux Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. declivis Karsch, 1879 – Sri Lanka
E. dhaulagirica Zabka, 1980 – Nepal
E. difficilis (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe
E. elizabethae Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. evae Zabka, 1981 – India (Kashmir)
E. everestensis Wanless, 1975 – China (Tibet)
E. falciger Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. ferrumequinum Taczanowski, 1878 – Ecuador, Peru
E. flavoatra (Grube, 1861) – Russia (Urals to Far East)
E. frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan
E. fucata (Simon, 1868) – Turkey
E. gambosa (Simon, 1868) – Mediterranean
- Euophrys g. mediocris Simon, 1937 – Southern Europe
E. gracilis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa, Lesotho
E. granulata Denis, 1947 – Egypt
E. griswoldi Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – Namibia
E. heliophaniformis Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan
E. herbigrada (Simon, 1871) – Western, Central, Southern Europe
E. innotata (Simon, 1868) – Western Mediterranean
E. jirica Zabka, 1980 – Nepal
E. kataokai Ikeda, 1996 – Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Japan
E. kawkaban Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
E. kirghizica Logunov, 1997 – Kyrgyzstan
E. kororensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Caroline Is.
E. leipoldti Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
E. leucopalpis Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. leucostigma C. L. Koch, 1846 – Brazil
E. limpopo Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. littoralis Soyer, 1959 – France
E. longyangensis Lei & Peng, 2012 – China
E. lunata Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
E. luteolineata (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica)
E. manicata (Simon, 1871) – Morocco
E. marmarica Caporiacco, 1928 – Libya
E. maseruensis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – Lesotho
E. maura Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. megastyla Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
E. melanoleuca Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
E. menemerella Strand, 1909 – South Africa
E. meridionalis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. miranda Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. monadnock Emerton, 1891 – USA, Canada
E. namulinensis Hu, 2001 – China
E. nana Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. nanchonensis Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. nangqianensis Hu, 2001 – China
E. nepalica Zabka, 1980 – Nepal, China
E. newtoni Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Central America
E. nigripalpis Simon, 1937 – Portugal, Spain, France (incl. Corsica)
E. nigritarsis (Simon, 1868) – France
E. nigromaculata (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
E. omnisuperstes Wanless, 1975 – Nepal, India?
E. patellaris Denis, 1957 – Spain
E. pelzelni Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. peruviana Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. petrensis C. L. Koch, 1837 – Europe to Central Asia
E. pexa Simon, 1937 – France
E. proszynskii Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 – Russia (Central Asia to Far East), Kazakhstan
E. pseudogambosa Strand, 1915 – Turkey, Israel
E. pulchella Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – St. Vincent
E. purcelli Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
E. quadricolor Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. quadripunctata (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
E. recta Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. robusta Lei & Peng, 2012 – China
E. rubroclypea Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
E. rufa Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
E. rufibarbis (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, China
E. rufimana (Simon, 1875) – France
E. sanctimatei Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. sedula (Simon, 1875) – France
E. semirufa Simon, 1884 – Syria
E. sima Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
E. sinapicolor Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
E. subtilis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
E. sulphurea (L. Koch, 1867) – Southern Europe, Turkey, Syria
E. tengchongensis Lei & Peng, 2012 – China
E. terrestris (Simon, 1871) – Southern Europe
E. testaceozonata Caporiacco, 1922 – Italy
E. turkmenica Logunov, 1997 – Turkmenistan
E. uphami (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
E. uralensis Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 – Russia (Europe) to Central Asia
E. valens Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 – East Africa
E. wanyan Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Caroline Is.
E. wenxianensis Yang & Tang, 1997 – China
E. ysobolii Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Guatemala
E. yulungensis Zabka, 1980 – China, Nepal

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
^ Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.), Deutschlands Insecten
^ Mammola, Stefano; Michalik, Peter; Hebets, Eileen A.; Isaia, Marco (2017-10-31). "Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them". PeerJ. 5: e3972. doi:10.7717/peerj.3972. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5668680. PMID 29104823. S2CID 29453671.

External links[edit]

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[NMBE-1] "Gen. Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

[Koch1834-2] Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.), Deutschlands Insecten

[Mammola_Michalik_Hebets_Isaia_2017_p=e3972-3] Mammola, Stefano; Michalik, Peter; Hebets, Eileen A.; Isaia, Marco (2017-10-31). "Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them". PeerJ. 5: e3972. doi:10.7717/peerj.3972. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5668680. PMID 29104823. S2CID 29453671.

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