Coryphasia Explained

Coryphasia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.^[1]

Species

it contains sixteen species, found in Brazil, Argentina, Jamaica, on the Greater Antilles, and in French Guiana:^[2]

• Coryphasia albibarbis Simon, 1902 (type) – Brazil
• Coryphasia artemioi Bauab, 1986 – Brazil
• Coryphasia bulbosa (Tullgren, 1905) – Argentina
• Coryphasia campestrata (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
• Coryphasia cardoso Santos & Romero, 2007 – Brazil
• Coryphasia castaneipedis Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
• Coryphasia fasciiventris (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
• Coryphasia furcata Simon, 1902 – Brazil
• Coryphasia melloleitaoi Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil
• Coryphasia monae (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
• Coryphasia monteverde Santos & Romero, 2007 – Brazil
• Coryphasia nigriventris Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
• Coryphasia nuptialis Bauab, 1986 – Brazil
• Coryphasia sanguiniceps (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
• Coryphasia septentrionalis (Caporiacco, 1954) – French Guiana
• Coryphasia viaria (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1902. Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 363–406. 46. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Coryphasia Simon, 1902. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.