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Genus: Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Euophrys canariensis Denis, 1941

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Described:

Distribution: Canary Is.

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

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Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2m - (Schäfer, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Euophrys canariensis Denis, 1941a: 125, f. 13 (Dm) Original description

Euophrys canariensis Wunderlich, 1987a: 270, f. 681 (Df)

Euophrys canariensis Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018: 40, f. 6B, 7H, 9A (f)

Euophrys canariensis Schäfer, 2022: 61, f. 7c-d, 8-11, 12a-b, 13 (mf) [correct: 7b, e, Schäfer in litt.]

References

Denis, J. (1941a). Les araignées des îles Canaries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 110: 105-130. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J., Lissner, J. & Schäfer, M. (2018). Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol. Ecologica Montenegrina 18: 26-74. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4 -- Show included taxa

Schäfer, M. (2022). Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae: Salticidae) der Kanarischen Inseln mit der Erstbeschreibung von Euophrys arnograbollei spec. nov. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 64: 57-72. doi: 10.30963/aramit6408 -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (1987a). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops Langen, 435 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-01-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Schäfer, 2022
2018-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018