Pseudeuophrys is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1912. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" (), meaning "false", and the salticid genus Euophrys. It was briefly synonymized with Euophrys, but this decision was later reversed.
Species it contains ten species, found only in Europe, Asia, and the United States: Pseudeuophrys erratica (Walckenaer, 1826) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus to East Russia, China, Korea, Japon. Introduced to USA Pseudeuophrys iwatensis (Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan Pseudeuophrys lanigera (Simon, 1871) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus. Introduced to USA Pseudeuophrys nebrodensis Alicata & Cantarella, 2000 – Spain, Italy (Sicily) Pseudeuophrys obsoleta (Simon, 1868) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China Pseudeuophrys pascualis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel Pseudeuophrys perdifumo van Helsdingen, 2015 – Italy Pseudeuophrys rhodiensis Schäfer, 2018 – Greece (Rhodes) Pseudeuophrys talassica (Logunov, 1997) – Kyrgyzstan Pseudeuophrys vafra (Blackwall, 1867) – Azores, Madeira, Europe (Portugal to Russia)
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External links Photograph of P. vafra Photography of P. lanigera