Phlegrais agenusofjumping spidersthat was first described byEugène Louis Simonin 1876.[2]The name is a reference to a mythical location in bothGreekandRoman mythology.[2]

Phlegra
Phlegra fasciata
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
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 2019it 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. ^ab"Gen. Phlegra Simon, 1876".World Spider Catalog Version 20.0.Natural History Museum Bern. 2019.doi:10.24436/2.Retrieved2019-09-11.
  2. ^abSimon, E.(1876).Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième.Roret, Paris.
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