Phiale (spider)

For the ancient Greek ceramic or metal bowl, see Phiale (libation vessel).
Phiale
Phiale formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Genus: Phiale
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Phiale gratiosa
C. L. Koch
Species

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Diversity
36 species

Phiale is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Its described species are found in South and Central America from Argentina to Mexico. A few species are endemic to several Caribbean islands.

P. albovittata is considered a junior synonym of Freya perelegans since 2006.

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