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

6, see text

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

Species

As of June 2020 there are six species recognised, found in China, Taiwan and South Africa: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Chinophrys Zhang & Maddison, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. 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.