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Euophrys
Temporal range: Template:Fossil range
Euophrys frontalis (Male)
Scientific classification e
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C. L. Koch, 1834[1]
Type species
E. frontalis
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

108, see text

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.[citation needed]

Euophrys kataokai showing large anterior median eyes typical of Euophrys

Species[edit | edit source]

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]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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.
  2. Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.), Deutschlands Insecten

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