Rhyphelia Explained

Rhyphelia is a genus of South American jumping spiders. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902,^[1] and is found only in northern South America.^[2]

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[2]

• Rhyphelia albipes (Ruiz, 2011) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia amrishi (Makhan, 2007) – Suriname, Brazil
• Rhyphelia aurifrons (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, French Guiana
• Rhyphelia barbado Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia bicrescens (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia bilineata Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia brevistylus Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia cearensis (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia chaplini (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia cotriguacuensis Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia crispiventer (Ruiz, 2011) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia cymbialis (Ruiz, 2011) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia dromedarius (Ruiz, 2011) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia elongatula (Ruiz & Sobrinho, 2016) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia excentrica (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia flagellator (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia gallina Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia laticlavus (Ruiz & Sobrinho, 2016) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia lunata (Ruiz, 2011) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia macrochelis (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia micacea (Zhang & Maddison, 2012) – Ecuador
• Rhyphelia minima (Ruiz, 2011) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia muiratinga (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia novalima Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia okay Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia otti Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia paxiuba (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia planaria Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia ruizi (Zhang & Maddison, 2012) – Brazil, French Guiana
• Rhyphelia spinipes (Ruiz, 2011) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia tabernarius (Ruiz, 2013) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia tocantinensis Nobre & Ruiz, 2024 – Brazil
• Rhyphelia trombetas (Ruiz & Sobrinho, 2016) – Brazil
• Rhyphelia variegata Simon, 1902 (type species) – Brazil

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. Rhyphelia Simon, 1902. World Spider Catalog. 2024-03-09. 2024. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.