Phiale is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.
Species
it contains twenty-five species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama: Phiale aschnae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname Phiale bipunctata Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil Phiale bisignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala Phiale bryantae Roewer, 1951 – Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Phiale bulbosa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama Phiale crocea C. L. Koch, 1846 – Panama to Brazil Phiale cruentata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil, French Guiana Phiale cubana Roewer, 1951 – Cuba Phiale elegans (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama Phiale formosa (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica Phiale geminata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama Phiale gratiosa C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Phiale guttata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Costa Rica to Paraguay Phiale huadquinae Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru Phiale longibarba (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil Phiale mimica (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil Phiale ortrudae Galiano, 1981 – Ecuador Phiale pallida (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala Phiale quadrimaculata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil Phiale radians (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil Phiale roburifoliata Holmberg, 1875 – Argentina Phiale rubriceps (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana Phiale septemguttata (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana Phiale tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil Phiale virgo C. L. Koch, 1846 – Suriname
P. albovittata has been considered a junior synonym of Freya perelegans since 2006.
References
External links Photographs of Phiale species Pictures of P. bulbosa Pictures of P. formosa Pictures of P. guttata