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 2026): Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Azarkina et al., 2022; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Azarkina et al., 2022; Logunov, 2015; Kmira et al., 2025) |||
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

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85 pdf

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

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
06-11-2025 Distribution update Detail
13-07-2022 Image insert
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16-07-2015 Distribution update Detail