Euophrys
Euophrys is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1834.[2] The small black E. omnisuperstes lives on Mount Everest at elevations up to 6,700 meters, possibly making it the most elevated animal in the world. [3]

Euophrys kataokai showing large anterior median eyes typical of Euophrys
| Euophrys Temporal range:   | |
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| Euophrys frontalis (Male) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Salticidae | 
| Subfamily: | Salticinae | 
| Genus: | Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| E. frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802)  | |
| Species | |
| 
 108, see text  | |
Species
    
As of June 2019 it contains 108 species and one subspecies, found in Oceania, North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Central America, South America, and on the Windward Islands:[1]
- E. acripes (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica)
 - E. alabardata Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia
 - E. albimana Denis, 1937 – Algeria
 - E. albopatella Petrunkevitch, 1914 – Myanmar
 - E. altera (Simon, 1868) – Spain
 - E. alticola Denis, 1955 – France, Spain
 - E. arenaria (Urquhart, 1888) – New Zealand
 - E. astuta (Simon, 1871) – Morocco
 - E. auricolor Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
 - E. baliola (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica)
 - E. banksi Roewer, 1951 – Mexico
 - E. bifida Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. bifoveolata Tullgren, 1905 – Argentina
 - E. bryophila Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Fiji
 - E. canariensis Denis, 1941 – Canary Is.
 - E. capicola Simon, 1901 – South Africa
 - E. catherinae Prószyński, 2000 – Egypt
 - E. cochlea Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. concolorata Roewer, 1951 – Pakistan (Karakorum)
 - E. convergentis Strand, 1906 – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
 - E. cooki Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
 - E. crux Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. declivis Karsch, 1879 – Sri Lanka
 - E. dhaulagirica Zabka, 1980 – Nepal
 - E. difficilis (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe
 - E. elizabethae Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. evae Zabka, 1981 – India (Kashmir)
 - E. everestensis Wanless, 1975 – China (Tibet)
 - E. falciger Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. ferrumequinum Taczanowski, 1878 – Ecuador, Peru
 - E. flavoatra (Grube, 1861) – Russia (Urals to Far East)
 - E. frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan
 - E. fucata (Simon, 1868) – Turkey
 - E. gambosa (Simon, 1868) – Mediterranean
- Euophrys g. mediocris Simon, 1937 – Southern Europe
 
 - E. gracilis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa, Lesotho
 - E. granulata Denis, 1947 – Egypt
 - E. griswoldi Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – Namibia
 - E. heliophaniformis Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan
 - E. herbigrada (Simon, 1871) – Western, Central, Southern Europe
 - E. innotata (Simon, 1868) – Western Mediterranean
 - E. jirica Zabka, 1980 – Nepal
 - E. kataokai Ikeda, 1996 – Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Japan
 - E. kawkaban Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
 - E. kirghizica Logunov, 1997 – Kyrgyzstan
 - E. kororensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Caroline Is.
 - E. leipoldti Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
 - E. leucopalpis Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. leucostigma C. L. Koch, 1846 – Brazil
 - E. limpopo Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. littoralis Soyer, 1959 – France
 - E. longyangensis Lei & Peng, 2012 – China
 - E. lunata Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
 - E. luteolineata (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica)
 - E. manicata (Simon, 1871) – Morocco
 - E. marmarica Caporiacco, 1928 – Libya
 - E. maseruensis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – Lesotho
 - E. maura Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. megastyla Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
 - E. melanoleuca Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
 - E. menemerella Strand, 1909 – South Africa
 - E. meridionalis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. miranda Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. monadnock Emerton, 1891 – USA, Canada
 - E. namulinensis Hu, 2001 – China
 - E. nana Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. nanchonensis Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. nangqianensis Hu, 2001 – China
 - E. nepalica Zabka, 1980 – Nepal, China
 - E. newtoni Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Central America
 - E. nigripalpis Simon, 1937 – Portugal, Spain, France (incl. Corsica)
 - E. nigritarsis (Simon, 1868) – France
 - E. nigromaculata (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
 - E. omnisuperstes Wanless, 1975 – Nepal, India?
 - E. patellaris Denis, 1957 – Spain
 - E. pelzelni Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. peruviana Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. petrensis C. L. Koch, 1837 – Europe to Central Asia
 - E. pexa Simon, 1937 – France
 - E. proszynskii Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 – Russia (Central Asia to Far East), Kazakhstan
 - E. pseudogambosa Strand, 1915 – Turkey, Israel
 - E. pulchella Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – St. Vincent
 - E. purcelli Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
 - E. quadricolor Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. quadripunctata (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
 - E. recta Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. robusta Lei & Peng, 2012 – China
 - E. rubroclypea Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
 - E. rufa Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
 - E. rufibarbis (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, China
 - E. rufimana (Simon, 1875) – France
 - E. sanctimatei Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. sedula (Simon, 1875) – France
 - E. semirufa Simon, 1884 – Syria
 - E. sima Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
 - E. sinapicolor Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
 - E. subtilis Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
 - E. sulphurea (L. Koch, 1867) – Southern Europe, Turkey, Syria
 - E. tengchongensis Lei & Peng, 2012 – China
 - E. terrestris (Simon, 1871) – Southern Europe
 - E. testaceozonata Caporiacco, 1922 – Italy
 - E. turkmenica Logunov, 1997 – Turkmenistan
 - E. uphami (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
 - E. uralensis Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 – Russia (Europe) to Central Asia
 - E. valens Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 – East Africa
 - E. wanyan Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Caroline Is.
 - E. wenxianensis Yang & Tang, 1997 – China
 - E. ysobolii Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Guatemala
 - E. yulungensis Zabka, 1980 – China, Nepal
 
References
    
- "Gen. Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
 - Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.), Deutschlands Insecten
 - Mammola, Stefano; Michalik, Peter; Hebets, Eileen A.; Isaia, Marco (2017-10-31). "Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them". PeerJ. 5: e3972. doi:10.7717/peerj.3972. ISSN 2167-8359. S2CID 29453671.
 
External links
    
- Photograph of E. frontalis
 - Photograph of E. herbigrada
 - Photograph of E. rufibarbis
 - Photograph of E. sulfurea
 
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