''Phintella'' is a
genus
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of
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiderscomprising 13% of spider species. Jumping s ...
that was first described by W. Bösenberg &
Embrik Strand
Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula.
Life and career
Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at t ...
in 1906.
Species
it contains fifty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Oceania, Asia, Europe, and Africa:
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P. abnormis''
(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
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P. accentifera''
(Simon
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, 1901) – India, China, Vietnam
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P. aequipeiformis''
Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
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P. aequipes''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Africa
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Phintella a. minor''
(Lessert, 1925) – East Africa
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P. africana''
Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
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P. albopatella''
(Petrunkevitch, 1914) – Myanmar
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P. arcuata''
Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
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P. arenicolor''
(Grube, 1861) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
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P. argentea''
Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 – Sri Lanka
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P. argenteola''
(Simon, 1903) – Vietnam
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P. assamica''
Prószyński, 1992 – India, Laos
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P. australis''
(Simon, 1902) – South Africa
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p. banna''
Wang & Li, 2020 – China
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P. bifurcata''
Prószyński, 1992 – India
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P. bifurcilinea''
(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (
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) – China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan
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P. brevis''
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
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P. bunyiae''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
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P. caledoniensis''
Patoleta, 2009 –
New Caledonia
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P. castriesiana''
(Grube, 1861) – Canary Is., southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Turkey,
Caucasus
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, Iran, Russia, Korea, Japan
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P. cavaleriei''
(Schenkel, 1963) – China, Korea
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P.cholkei''
Prajapati, Kumbhar, Caleb, Sanap & Kamboj, 2021 – India
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P. clathrata''
( Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
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P. conradi''
Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold
Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold (23 November 1930 – 26 March 2025) was a Dutch arachnologist. She specialized in spiders from Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, particularly cave-dwelling and tropical spiders. She donated a collection of ...
, 2012 – Indonesia (
Sumatra
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)
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P. coonooriensis''
Prószyński, 1992 – India
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P. debilis''
(Thorell, 1891) – India to Taiwan, Indonesia (
Java
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)
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P. dives''
(Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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P. fanjingshan''
Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019 – China
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P. hainani''
Song, Gu & Chen, 1988 – China
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P. globosa''
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
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P. incerta''
Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
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P. indica''
(Simon, 1901) – India
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P. jaleeli''
Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 – Sri Lanka
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P. kaptega''
Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya
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P. lajuma''
Haddad & Wesolowska, 2013 – South Africa
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P. lepidus''
Cao & Li, 2016 – China
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P. leucaspis''
(Simon, 1903) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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P. levii''
Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
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P. linea''
( Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
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P. longapophysis''
Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
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P. longlingensis''
Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
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P. lucida''
Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia, Kenya
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P. lunda''
Wesolowska, 2010 – Angola
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P. macrops''
(Simon, 1901) – India
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P. mii''
Wang & Li, 2020 – China
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P. minor''
(Lessert, 1925) – Ivory Coast
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P. monteithi''
Zabka, 2012 – Australia (
Queensland
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)
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P. multimaculata''
(Simon, 1901) – Sri Lanka
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P. nilgirica''
Prószyński, 1992 – India
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P. occidentalis''
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
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P. paludosa''
Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
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P. paminta''
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
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P. panda''
Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
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P. parva''
(Wesolowska, 1981) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea
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P. piatensis''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
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P. planiceps''
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Caroline Is.
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P.platnicki''
Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 –India
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P. popovi''
(Prószyński, 1979) – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), China, Korea
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P. pulcherrima''
Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
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P. pygmaea''
(Wesolowska, 1981) – China
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P. reinhardti''
(Thorell, 1891) – India (Nicobar Is.)
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P. sancha''
Cao & Li, 2016 – China
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P. suavis''
(Simon, 1885) – China, Nepal to Malaysia
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P. suavisoides''
Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
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P. suknana''
Prószyński, 1992 – India
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P. tengchongensis''
Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
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P. transversa''
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
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P. vittata''
( C. L. Koch, 1846) – India to Philippines
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P. wulingensis''
Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
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P. yinae''
Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
References
External links
Photograph of ''P. castriesiana''
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Embrik Strand
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