Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Phlegra  Simon, 1876   18 species

Phlegra nitidiventris  (Lucas, 1846)

Description
Male

Medium-size cursorial spiders. Prosoma covered by black, shiny, light-reflecting scutum. Prosoma a bit longer than opisthosoma. Front legs reddish, hind legs dark brown, black annulated.

Prosoma width: 2.2 mm.

Female

Medium-size cursorial spiders. Prosoma covered by black, shiny, light-reflecting scutum.

Prosoma width: 2.2 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Algeria   (Azarkina et al., 2022; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Azarkina et al., 2022) |||
References

Azarkina G N, Pérez-Gómez Á, Sánchez-García I (2022) Description of a stunning new species of Phlegra Simon, 1876 from southern Spain and redescription of an enigmatic Phlegra species from northern Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 5162: 557-575 pdf

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Prószyński J (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
13-07-2022 Image insert
11-07-2022 Distribution update Detail
16-07-2015 Image insert
16-07-2015 Distribution update Detail