Naphrys

Genus of spiders

Naphrys
Male Naphrys pulex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Naphrys
Edwards, 2003[1]
Type species
N. acerba
(Peckham & Peckham, 1909)
Species

4, see text

Naphrys is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by Glavis Bernard Edwards in 2003. The name is a portmanteau of "North America" and "Euophrys".[2]

Species

As of July 2019[update] it contains four species, found only in Canada, Mexico, and the United States:[1]

  • Naphrys acerba (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) (type) – USA, Mexico
  • Naphrys bufoides (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – USA
  • Naphrys pulex (Hentz, 1846) – USA, Canada
  • Naphrys xerophila (Richman, 1981) – USA

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Naphrys Edwards, 2003". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  2. ^ Edwards, G. B. (2003). "A review of the Nearctic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico". Insecta Mundi. 16: 65–75.
Taxon identifiers
Naphrys


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