Chinophrys
| Chinophrys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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]
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]
- Chinophrys liujiapingensis (Yang & Tang, 1997) – China
- Chinophrys mengyangensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
- Chinophrys pengi Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – China (type species)
- Chinophrys pulcra Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam
- Chinophrys shennongjia Yu & Zhang, 2022 – China
- Chinophrys taiwanensis (Peng & Li, 2002) – Taiwan
- Chinophrys trifasciata Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
- Chinophrys wuae (Peng, Tso & Li, 2002) – Taiwan
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Gen. Chinophrys Zhang & Maddison, 2012". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ 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. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.