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Genus: Phlegra Simon, 1876 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Phlegra hentzi (Marx, 1890)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038331

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Described:

Distribution: Canada, USA

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

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Taxonomic References

Attus leopardus Hentz, 1846: 359, pl. 21, f. 21 (Df; preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1837, see Salticus leopardus)

Attus hentzi Marx, 1890a: 578 (replacement name for A. leopardus) Original description

Phlegra leoparda Emerton, 1891: 242, pl. 21, f. 1 (f, Dm)

Phlegra leopardus Peckham & Peckham, 1909: 512, pl. 42, f. 6 (mf)

Phlegra fasciata Chickering, 1944: 203, f. 122-125 (mf; misidentified per Logunov & Koponen, 2002: 264)

Phlegra fasciata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 213, f. 4 (m; misidentified per Logunov & Koponen, 2002: 264)

Phlegra fasciata Kaston, 1948: 460, f. 1669-1674 (mf; misidentified per Logunov & Koponen, 2002: 264)

Phlegra hentzi Logunov & Koponen, 2002: 264, f. 1-2, 47 (mf, removed from S of P. fasciata)

References

Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. (1944). Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bulletin of the University of Utah 35(9): 1-267. -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1944). The Salticidae of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 29: 139-222. -- Show included taxa

Emerton, J. H. (1891). New England spiders of the family Attidae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 220-252, pl. 16-21. -- Show included taxa

Hentz, N. M. (1846). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 5(3): 352-370, pl. 21-22. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. & Koponen, S. (2002). Redescription and distribution of Phlegra hentzi (Marx, 1890) comb. n. (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 264-267. -- Show included taxa

Marx, G. (1890a). Catalogue of the described Araneae of temperate North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12: 497-594. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1909). Revision of the Attidae of North America. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 16(1, 5): 355-646, pl. 29-51. -- 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]

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