Euophrys

Euophrys
Euophrys frontalis (Male)
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:	Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834
Type species
Aranea frontalis Walckenaer, 1802
Species
E. omnisuperstes  many others, see text
Diversity
116 species

Euophrys is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with almost worldwide distribution.

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.

Species

• Euophrys acripes (Simon, 1871) — Corsica
• Euophrys alabardata Caporiacco, 1947 — Ethiopia
• Euophrys albimana Denis, 1937 — Algeria
• Euophrys albopalpalis Bao & Peng, 2002 — Taiwan
• Euophrys albopatella Petrunkevitch, 1914 — Myanmar
• Euophrys alticola Denis, 1955 — France, Spain
• Euophrys ambigua C. L. Koch, 1846 — Suriname
• Euophrys a-notata Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Argentina
• Euophrys arenaria (Urquhart, 1888) — New Zealand
• Euophrys astuta (Simon, 1871) — Morocco
• Euophrys atrata Song & Chai, 1992 — China
• Euophrys auricolor Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
• Euophrys aurifrons Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys baliola (Simon, 1871) — Corsica
• Euophrys banksi Roewer, 1951 — Mexico
• Euophrys bifoveolata Tullgren, 1905 — Argentina
• Euophrys bryophila Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Fiji
• Euophrys bulbus Bao & Peng, 2002 — Taiwan
• Euophrys canariensis Denis, 1941 — Canary Islands
• Euophrys capicola Simon, 1901 — South Africa
• Euophrys catherinae Prószynski, 2000 — Egypt
• Euophrys chiriatapuensis Tikader, 1977 — India, Andaman Islands
• Euophrys concolorata Roewer, 1951 — Karakorum
• Euophrys convergentis Strand, 1906 — Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
• Euophrys cooki Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
• Euophrys crux Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys dhaulagirica Zabka, 1980 — Nepal
• Euophrys difficilis (Simon, 1868) — Southern Europe
• Euophrys evae Zabka, 1981 — Himalayas
• Euophrys everestensis Wanless, 1975 — Tibet
• Euophrys ferrumequinum Taczanowski, 1878 — Ecuador, Peru
• Euophrys flavoatra (Grube, 1861) — Russia
• Euophrys frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802) — Palearctic
• Euophrys fucata (Simon, 1868) — Turkey
• Euophrys gambosa (Simon, 1868) — Mediterranean
  • Euophrys gambosa mediocris Simon, 1937 — Southern Europe
• Euophrys granulata Denis, 1947 — Egypt
• Euophrys herbigrada (Simon, 1871) — Europe
• Euophrys infausta Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — Southern Africa
• Euophrys innotata (Simon, 1868) — Western Mediterranean
• Euophrys jirica Zabka, 1980 — Nepal
• Euophrys kataokai Ikeda, 1996 — Russia, Korea, China, Japan
• Euophrys kawkaban Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen
• Euophrys kirghizica Logunov, 1997 — Kyrgyzstan
• Euophrys kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
• Euophrys kororensis Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Caroline Islands
• Euophrys laetata Simon, 1904 — Chile
• Euophrys leipoldti Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa
• Euophrys leucopalpis Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys leucostigma C. L. Koch, 1846 — Brazil
• Euophrys littoralis Soyer, 1959 — France
• Euophrys lunata Bertkau, 1880 — Brazil
• Euophrys luteolineata (Simon, 1871) — Corsica
• Euophrys manicata (Simon, 1871) — Morocco
• Euophrys mapuche Galiano, 1968 — Chile
• Euophrys marmarica Caporiacco, 1928 — Libya
• Euophrys maura Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys megastyla Caporiacco, 1949 — Kenya
• Euophrys melanoleuca Mello-Leitão, 1944 — Argentina
• Euophrys menemerella Strand, 1909 — South Africa
• Euophrys minuta Prószynski, 1992 — India
• Euophrys monadnock Emerton, 1891 — USA, Canada
• Euophrys mottli Kolosváry, 1934 — Slovakia
• Euophrys namulinensis Hu, 2001 — China
• Euophrys nanchonensis Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys nangqianensis Hu, 2001 — China
• Euophrys nepalica Zabka, 1980 — Nepal, China
• Euophrys newtoni Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Central America
• Euophrys nigrescens Caporiacco, 1940 — Somalia
• Euophrys nigripalpis Simon, 1937 — France, Corsica
• Euophrys nigritarsis (Simon, 1868) — France
• Euophrys nigromaculata (Lucas, 1846) — Algeria
• Euophrys omnisuperstes Wanless, 1975 — Nepal
• Euophrys patagonica Simon, 1905 — Argentina
• Euophrys patellaris Denis, 1957 — Spain
• Euophrys pehuenche Galiano, 1968 — Chile
• Euophrys pelzelni Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys peruviana Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys pexa Simon, 1937 — France
• Euophrys poloi Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
• Euophrys proszynskii Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 — Russia, Kazakhstan
• Euophrys pseudogambosa Strand, 1915 — Israel
• Euophrys pulchella Peckham & Peckham, 1893 — St. Vincent
• Euophrys purcelli Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa
• Euophrys quadricolor Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys quadripunctata (Lucas, 1846) — Algeria
• Euophrys quadrispinosa Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
• Euophrys rapida C. L. Koch, 1846 — Chile
• Euophrys rosenhaueri L. Koch, 1856 — Spain
• Euophrys rubroclypea Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
• Euophrys rufa Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
• Euophrys rufibarbis (Simon, 1868) — Palearctic
• Euophrys rufimana (Simon, 1875) — France
• Euophrys rusticana (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
• Euophrys saitiformis Simon, 1901 — Chile, Argentina
• Euophrys sanctimatei Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys sedula (Simon, 1875) — France
• Euophrys semiglabrata (Simon, 1868) — Portugal, Spain, France
• Euophrys semirufa Simon, 1884 — Syria
• Euophrys sima Chamberlin, 1916 — Peru
• Euophrys sinapicolor Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys striolata (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Northern, Central Europe
• Euophrys sulphurea (L. Koch, 1867) — Southern Europe, Syria
• Euophrys sutrix Holmberg, 1875 — Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
• Euophrys talassica Logunov, 1997 — Kyrgyzstan
• Euophrys tehuelche Galiano, 1968 — Chile
• Euophrys terrestris (Simon, 1871) — Europe
• Euophrys testaceozonata Caporiacco, 1922 — Italy
• Euophrys turkmenica Logunov, 1997 — Turkmenistan
• Euophrys uralensis Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 — Russia, Central Asia
• Euophrys valens Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 — East Africa
• Euophrys vestita Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
• Euophrys vetusta C. L. Koch, 1846 — St. Thomas
• Euophrys wanyan Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Caroline Islands
• Euophrys wenxianensis Yang & Tang, 1997 — China
• Euophrys ysobolii Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Guatemala
• Euophrys yulungensis Zabka, 1980 — China, Nepal

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Photograph of E. frontalis
• Photograph of E. herbigrada
• Photograph of E. rufibarbis
• Photograph of E. sulfurea