Phintella

Phintella is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by W. Bösenberg & Embrik Strand in 1906.^[2]

Phintella
Male Phintella vittata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Phintella Strand, 1906[1]
Type species
P. bifurcilinea (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
Species
59, see text

Species

As of June 2023^[update] it contains fifty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Oceania, Asia, Europe, and Africa:^[1]

• P. abnormis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• P. accentifera (Simon, 1901) – India, China, Vietnam
• P. aequipeiformis Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
• P. aequipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Africa
  • Phintella a. minor (Lessert, 1925) – East Africa
• P. africana Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
• P. albopatella (Petrunkevitch, 1914) – Myanmar
• P. arcuata Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
• P. arenicolor (Grube, 1861) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• P. argentea Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 – Sri Lanka
• P. argenteola (Simon, 1903) – Vietnam
• P. assamica Prószyński, 1992 – India, Laos
• P. australis (Simon, 1902) – South Africa
• p. banna Wang & Li, 2020 – China
• P. bifurcata Prószyński, 1992 – India
• P. bifurcilinea (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (type) – China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan
• P. brevis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
• P. bunyiae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• P. caledoniensis Patoleta, 2009 – New Caledonia
• P. castriesiana (Grube, 1861) – Canary Is., southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Russia, Korea, Japan
• P. cavaleriei (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Korea
• P.cholkei Prajapati, Kumbhar, Caleb, Sanap & Kamboj, 2021 – India
• P. clathrata (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
• P. conradi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• P. coonooriensis Prószyński, 1992 – India
• P. debilis (Thorell, 1891) – India to Taiwan, Indonesia (Java)
• P. dives (Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• P. fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019 – China
• P. hainani Song, Gu & Chen, 1988 – China
• P. globosa Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
• P. incerta Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
• P. indica (Simon, 1901) – India
• P. jaleeli Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 – Sri Lanka
• P. kaptega Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya
• P. lajuma Haddad & Wesolowska, 2013 – South Africa
• P. lepidus Cao & Li, 2016 – China
• P. leucaspis (Simon, 1903) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• P. levii Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
• P. linea (Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• P. longapophysis Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
• P. longlingensis Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
• P. lucida Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia, Kenya
• P. lunda Wesolowska, 2010 – Angola
• P. macrops (Simon, 1901) – India
• P. mii Wang & Li, 2020 – China
• P. minor (Lessert, 1925) – Ivory Coast
• P. monteithi Zabka, 2012 – Australia (Queensland)
• P. multimaculata (Simon, 1901) – Sri Lanka
• P. nilgirica Prószyński, 1992 – India
• P. occidentalis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
• P. paludosa Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
• P. paminta Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
• P. panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
• P. parva (Wesolowska, 1981) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea
• P. piatensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• P. planiceps Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Caroline Is.
• P.platnicki Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 –India
• P. popovi (Prószyński, 1979) – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), China, Korea
• P. pulcherrima Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
• P. pygmaea (Wesolowska, 1981) – China
• P. reinhardti (Thorell, 1891) – India (Nicobar Is.)
• P. sancha Cao & Li, 2016 – China
• P. suavis (Simon, 1885) – China, Nepal to Malaysia
• P. suavisoides Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
• P. suknana Prószyński, 1992 – India
• P. tengchongensis Lei & Peng, 2013 – China
• P. transversa Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
• P. vittata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – India to Philippines
• P. wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China
• P. yinae Lei & Peng, 2013 – China

References

1. "Gen. Phintella Strand, 1906". World Spider Catalog Version 24.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
2. Bösenberg, W.; Strand, E. (1906). "Japanische Spinnen". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 30: 93–422.

External links

• Photograph of P. castriesiana
• Photograph of Phintella sp.