Phanias is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. They are similar to members of Marpissa, but have three pairs of spines beneath the first tibia.[2]

Phanias
Male Phanias albeolus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Phanias
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901[1]
Type species
P. flavostriatus
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
Species

11, see text

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains eleven species, found only in Mexico, the United States, and El Salvador:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Phanias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
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