Leptofreya
Appearance
Leptofreya | |
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Male Leptofreya bifurcata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Leptofreya Edwards, 2015[1] |
Type species | |
Leptofreya ambigua | |
Species | |
See text |
Leptofreya is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2015 by G. B. Edwards. It is found in the Americas from the United States to Brazil.[1]
Species
[edit]As of 2018[update], the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Leptofreya ambigua (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Colombia to French Guiana, Brazil, introduced to United States
- Leptofreya bifurcata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Panama
- Leptofreya laticava (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
- Leptofreya longispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala, Panama
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Leptofreya Edwards, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Bern: Natural History Museum. 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.