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

Phlegra sierrana (Simon, 1868)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035608

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal, Spain

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Attus sierranus Simon, 1868b: 557 (Df) Original description

Phlegra sierrana Simon, 1876a: 127

Pseudomogrus pennatus Denis, 1957b: 289, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035596]

Yllenus pennatus Brignoli, 1983c: 658 (probably misplaced)

Phlegra pennata Prószyński, 1990: 283 (T from Yllenus)

Phlegra sierrana Azarkina, 2004a: 100, f. 105-109 (Dm, f, S of Phlegra pennata)

References

Azarkina, G. (2004a). New and poorly known Palaearctic species of the genus Phlegra Simon, 1876 (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue Arachnologique 14: 73-108. -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1983c). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1957b). Zoologisch-systematische Ergebnisse der Studienreise von H. Janetschek und W. Steiner in die spanische Sierra Nevada 1954. VII. Araneae. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (I) 166: 265-302. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1990). Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): synthesis of quotations in the world literature since 1940, with basic taxonomic data since 1758. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna w Siedlcach, 366 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1868b). Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des Attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 8: 11-72, 529-726, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1876a). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris, 364 pp., pl. 9-13. -- 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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2015-07-13	Species distribution update	Logunov, 2015a	Old value