Naphrys

Naphrys
Male Naphrys pulex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Genus: Naphrys
Edwards, 2002
Type species
Habrocestum acerbum
Peckham & Peckham, 1909
Species

see text

Diversity
4 species

Naphrys is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its four described species occur in North America from Canada to Mexico. The name is a contraction of "North American Euophrys".[1]

Species

References

  1. Edwards, G.B. (2002). A review of the Nearctic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico. Insecta Mundi 16(1):65-75.

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