Phlegra is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The name is a reference to a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology.

Distribution Phlegra are found in Eurasia and Africa, with one species (P. hentzi) occurring only in North America.

Species

, this genus includes 77 species:

Phlegra abessinica Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia Phlegra abhinandanvarthamani Prajapati, 2019 – India Phlegra albostriata Simon, 1901 – South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique Phlegra amitaii Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra andreevae Logunov, 1996 – Central Asia Phlegra arborea Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa Phlegra atra Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia Phlegra bairstowi Simon, 1886 – South Africa Phlegra bicognata Azarkina, 2004 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan Phlegra bifurcata Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Phlegra blaugrana Azarkina, Pérez-Gómez & Sánchez-García, 2022 – Spain Phlegra bresnieri (Lucas, 1846) – Southern Europe, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Yemen, Northern Africa, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, South Africa Phlegra certa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – Mozambique, South Africa Phlegra chrysops Simon, 1890 – Yemen Phlegra cinereofasciata (Simon, 1868) – Portugal to Central Asia, China Phlegra crumena Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994 – Kenya Phlegra dhakuriensis (Tikader, 1974) – Pakistan, India Phlegra dimentmani Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra dunini Azarkina, 2004 – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran Phlegra etosha Logunov & Azarkina, 2006 – Namibia, South Africa Phlegra fasciata (Hahn, 1826) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, India, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan (type species) Phlegra ferberorum Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra flavipes Denis, 1947 – Egypt Phlegra fulvastra (Simon, 1868) – Italy (Sicily), Syria, Israel Phlegra fulvotrilineata (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria Phlegra gagnoa Logunov & Azarkina, 2006 – Ivory Coast Phlegra heciakae Wawer & Patoleta, 2025 – Indonesia (Java) Phlegra hentzi (Marx, 1890) – Canada, United States Phlegra imperiosa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa Phlegra insulana Schmidt & Krause, 1998 – Cape Verde Phlegra jacksoni Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra karoo Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa Phlegra kulczynskii Azarkina, 2004 – Russia (Middle to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia Phlegra langanoensis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia, Zimbabwe Phlegra levis Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994 – Kenya Phlegra levyi Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra lineata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Canary Islands, Southern Europe, Turkey, Syria, Russia (Caucasus) Phlegra logunovi Azarkina, 2004 – Kazakhstan, Central Asia Phlegra lugubris Berland & Millot, 1941 – Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria Phlegra memorialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt Phlegra micans Simon, 1901 – China (Hong Kong) Phlegra nitidiventris (Lucas, 1846) – Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia Phlegra nuda Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994 – Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Phlegra obscurimagna Azarkina, 2004 – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan Phlegra palestinensis Logunov, 1996 – Israel Phlegra particeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel to Bhutan Phlegra parvula Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania Phlegra pisarskii Żabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam Phlegra pori Prószyński, 1998 – Egypt Phlegra prasanna Caleb & Mathai, 2015 – India, China Phlegra procera Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe Phlegra profuga Logunov, 1996 – Central Asia (Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) Phlegra proszynskii Żabka, 2012 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.) Phlegra proxima Denis, 1947 – Egypt Phlegra pusilla Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Senegal to Zimbabwe, Yemen Phlegra rothi Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra samchiensis Prószyński, 1978 – Bhutan Phlegra semipullata Simon, 1901 – China (Hong Kong) Phlegra shulovi Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra sierrana (Simon, 1868) – Portugal, Spain Phlegra simplex Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe Phlegra sogdiana Charitonov, 1946 – Kazakhstan, Central Asia Phlegra solitaria Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia Phlegra soudanica Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali Phlegra stephaniae Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra suaverubens Simon, 1886 – Senegal Phlegra swanii Mushtaq, Beg & Waris, 1995 – Pakistan Phlegra tenella Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia Phlegra tetralineata (Caporiacco, 1939) – Ethiopia, Iran Phlegra theseusi Logunov, 2001 – Greece (Crete) Phlegra thibetana Simon, 1901 – Bhutan, China Phlegra tillyae Prószyński, 1998 – Israel Phlegra touba Logunov & Azarkina, 2006 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Uganda Phlegra tristis Lessert, 1927 – DR Congo, Kenya Phlegra v-epigynalis Hęciak & Prószyński, 1998 – Israel, Syria Phlegra varia Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania Phlegra yaelae Prószyński, 1998 – Tunisia, Italy (Sicily), Israel, Iran

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Photograph of P. bresnieri Photograph of P. fasciata Photograph of P. fuscipes