Phlegra is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.[2] The name is a reference to a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology.[2]

Phlegra
Phlegra fasciata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Phlegra
Simon, 1876[1]
Type species
P. fasciata
(Hahn, 1826)
Species

79, see text

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains seventy-nine species and one subspecies, found in Eurasia and Africa, with one species (P. hentzi) occurring only in North America:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Phlegra Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. ^ a b Simon, E. (1876). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris.
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