Phiale (spider) explained
Phiale is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.[1] P. albovittata has been considered a junior synonym of Freya perelegans since 2006.
Species
it contains twenty-five species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama:[2]
- Phiale aschnae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
- Phiale bipunctata Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
- Phiale bisignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala
- Phiale bryantae Roewer, 1951 – Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)
- Phiale bulbosa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
- Phiale crocea C. L. Koch, 1846 – Panama to Brazil
- Phiale cruentata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil, French Guiana
- Phiale cubana Roewer, 1951 – Cuba
- Phiale elegans (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
- Phiale formosa (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
- Phiale geminata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
- Phiale gratiosa C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Phiale guttata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Costa Rica to Paraguay
- Phiale huadquinae Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
- Phiale longibarba (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
- Phiale mimica (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil
- Phiale ortrudae Galiano, 1981 – Ecuador
- Phiale pallida (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
- Phiale quadrimaculata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
- Phiale radians (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil
- Phiale roburifoliata Holmberg, 1875 – Argentina
- Phiale rubriceps (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
- Phiale septemguttata (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
- Phiale tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
- Phiale virgo C. L. Koch, 1846 – Suriname
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Koch, C. L.. 1846. Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp., Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. . 1–234. Carl Ludwig Koch.
- Gen. Phiale C. L. Koch, 1846. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-11. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.
