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 | |
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| Male Phanias albeolus | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| Species | |
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11, see text | |
Species
editAs of August 2019[update] it contains eleven species, found only in Mexico, the United States, and El Salvador:[1]
- Phanias albeolus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA
- Phanias concoloratus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930) – USA
- Phanias dominatus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA
- Phanias flavostriatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type) – Mexico
- Phanias furcifer (Gertsch, 1936) – USA
- Phanias furcillatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
- Phanias harfordi (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA
- Phanias monticola (Banks, 1895) – USA
- Phanias neomexicanus (Banks, 1901) – USA
- Phanias salvadorensis Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
- Phanias watonus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
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