Chinophrys

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Chinophrys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Chinophrys
Zhang & Maddison, 2012 [1]
Type species
C. pengi
Zhang & Maddison, 2012
Species

8, see text

Chinophrys is a genus of jumping spiders that was erected by J. X. Zhang & Wayne Paul Maddison in 2012. [2]

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Distribution

Two of the described species are endemic to Taiwan, with four others are found in mainland China. One species is endemic to South Africa. In 2021, a new species was described from Vietnam. [2]

Description

Chinophrys are medium-sized spiders with a dark carapace. The abdomen shows a mosaic of dark and yellowish spots. Anterior part of abdomen in males covered by a sclerotized scutum. Chelicerae with multiple teeth on promargin and fissident retromargin. Male palp with coiled embolus, bulb with proximal lobe. Epigyne with a median septum. [3]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes eight species: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2012). "New euophryine jumping spiders from Southeast Asia and Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)". Zootaxa. 3581: 53–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3581.1.2.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Chinophrys Zhang & Maddison, 2012". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  3. ↑ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-Den). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.


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