Phiale

Phiale is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.^[2] P. albovittata has been considered a junior synonym of Freya perelegans since 2006.

Species

As of August 2019 it contains twenty-five species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama:^[1]

• Phiale aschnae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
• Phiale bipunctata Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
• Phiale bisignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala
• Phiale bryantae Roewer, 1951 – Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)
• Phiale bulbosa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
• Phiale crocea C. L. Koch, 1846 – Panama to Brazil
• Phiale cruentata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil, French Guiana
• Phiale cubana Roewer, 1951 – Cuba
• Phiale elegans (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
• Phiale formosa (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
• Phiale geminata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
• Phiale gratiosa C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Phiale guttata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Costa Rica to Paraguay
• Phiale huadquinae Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
• Phiale longibarba (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
• Phiale mimica (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil
• Phiale ortrudae Galiano, 1981 – Ecuador
• Phiale pallida (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
• Phiale quadrimaculata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
• Phiale radians (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil
• Phiale roburifoliata Holmberg, 1875 – Argentina
• Phiale rubriceps (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
• Phiale septemguttata (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
• Phiale tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
• Phiale virgo C. L. Koch, 1846 – Suriname

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