Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps. Both their book lungs and tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems. Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes, with the anterior median pair being particularly large.
Euophrys omnisuperstes, the Himalayan jumping spider, is a small and toxic jumping spider that lives at elevations of up to 6,700 m (22,000 ft) in the Himalayas, including Mount Everest, making it a candidate for the highest known permanent resident on Earth. They are found among rocky debris, feeding on tiny, stray springtails and flies.
Euophryini is a tribe of jumping spiders. It has also been treated as the subfamily Euophryinae.
Nigorella is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska & Beata Tomasiewicz in 2008. The name is described as "an arbitrary combination of letters", feminine in gender. Three previously species described were transferred to the genus: Pachypoessa albimana as N. albimana, Philaeus manicus as N. manica, and Euophrys plebeja as N. plebeja. Subsequently it was discovered that Euophrys plebeja was a nomen dubium, with no known type specimen.
Zygoballus rufipes, commonly called the hammerjawed jumper, is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the United States, Canada, and Central America. Adult females are 4.3 to 6 mm in body length, while males are 3 to 4 mm.
Zygoballus nervosus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the eastern United States and Canada.
Nigorella albimana is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, found in west and central Africa.
Euophrys kawkaban is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in the Yemen. It was first described in 2007.
Euophrys bifida is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. It was first described in 2014.
Euophrys cochlea is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. It was first described in 2014.
Euophrys falciger is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. It was first described in 2014.
Euophrys gracilis is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in Lesotho and South Africa. It was first described in 2014.
Euophrys maseruensis is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in Lesotho. It was first described in 2014.
Euophrys meridionalis is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. The species was first described in 2014.
Euophrys subtilis is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. It was first described in 2014.
Euophrys recta is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. The male was first described in 2014.
Euophrys nana is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. The male was first described in 2014.
Euophrys miranda is a jumping spider species in the genus Euophrys that lives in South Africa. The female was first described in 2014.
Heliophanillus fulgens is a jumping spider species in the genus Heliophanillus that can be found in a large distribution that extends from Greece to Central Asia. The species, which was first described in 1872, was originally named Salticus fulgens, but was later placed successively in the genera Euophrys and Icius before the current name was agreed in 1989. The spider is small, ranging in body length between 2.25 and 3.3 millimetres, the female being larger than the male. It is rusty brown with white hairs and primarily lives around the Eastern Mediterranean from Greece into North Africa and Asia.
Paraeuophrys is a small genus of jumping spiders first described by Dmitri V. Logunov in 2020. As of April 2022 it contains only two species native to Fiji and Sumatra, respectively: P. bryophila and P. sumatrana.
