Euophrys

Euophrys
Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present
Euophrys frontalis (Male)
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
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]

Euophrys kataokai showing large anterior median eyes typical of Euophrys

Species

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As of June 2019 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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.), Deutschlands Insecten
  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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