Phintella
Phintella is a genus of jumping spiders found in Eurasia, Africa, and some islands in the western Pacific. It includes 59 species.
Taxonomy
The genus Phintella was circumscribed in 1906 by W. Bösenberg and Embrik Strand. The genus name derives from the genus Phintia, which it resembles.
The genus Phintia was itself renamed Phintodes, which was subsequently absorbed into Tylogonus. There are similarities between spiders within genus Phintella and those in Chira, Chrysilla, Euophrys, Icius, Jotus and Telamonia. Genetic analysis confirms that it is related to the genera Helvetia and Menemerus. It is a member of the tribe Heliophaninae, renamed Chrysillini by Wayne Maddison in 2015. Chrysillines are monophyletic. The tribe is ubiquitous across most of the continents of the world. It is allocated to the subclade Saltafresia in the clade Salticoida. In 2017, Jerzy Prószyński grouped the genus with 32 other genera of jumping spiders under the name Chrysillines in the supergroup Chrysilloida.
Species
, this genus includes 88 species:Phintella abnormis – Russia, China, Korea, JapanPhintella accentifera – IndiaPhintella aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985 – China, VietnamPhintella aequipes – Ivory Coast, Ghama, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South AfricaPhintella africana Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – EthiopiaPhintella albopatella – MyanmarPhintella arcuata Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – ChinaPhintella arenicolor – Russia, China, Korea, JapanPhintella argentea Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 – Sri LankaPhintella argenteola – VietnamPhintella assamica Prószyński, 1992 – India, LaosPhintella australis – South AfricaPhintella banna Wang & Li, 2020 – ChinaPhintella bella Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – UgandaPhintella bidentata Biswas, 2025 – BangladeshPhintella bifurcata Prószyński, 1992 – IndiaPhintella bifurcilinea – Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam Phintella brevis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, UgandaPhintella bunyiae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – PhilippinesPhintella caledoniensis Patoleta, 2009 – New CaledoniaPhintella candramawa Dhiya'ulhaq, 2025 – Indonesia Phintella castor Dhiya'ulhaq, 2025 – Indonesia Phintella castriesiana – Canary Islands, Southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Russia, Korea, JapanPhintella cavaleriei – China, KoreaPhintella cholkei Prajapati, Kumbhar, Caleb, Sanap & Kamboj, 2021 – IndiaPhintella chopardi – Ivory Coast, UgandaPhintella chunfen Yang, Wang & Zhang, 2024 – ChinaPhintella clathrata – MyanmarPhintella conradi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia Phintella coonooriensis Prószyński, 1992 – IndiaPhintella daklak Hoang, 2023 – VietnamPhintella debilis – India to Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia Phintella dentis Sudhin, Caleb & Sen, 2024 – IndiaPhintella dhritiae Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 – IndiaPhintella dives – Indonesia Phintella elegans Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – MozambiquePhintella fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019 – ChinaPhintella fodingensis C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – ChinaPhintella globosa Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast, UgandaPhintella hainani Song, Gu & Chen, 1988 – China Phintella handersoni Sen, Sudhin & Caleb, 2024 – India, China, VietnamPhintella hongkan Wang, Gan & Mi, 2024 – China Phintella incerta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – TanzaniaPhintella jaleeli Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 – Sri LankaPhintella jiugongensis C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – ChinaPhintella jucunda Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – UgandaPhintella kaptega Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 – Guinea, Uganda, KenyaPhintella lajuma Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 – South AfricaPhintella lepidus Cao & Li, 2016 – ChinaPhintella liae C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – ChinaPhintella linea – Russia, China, Korea, JapanPhintella liui C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – China Phintella longapophysis Lei & Peng, 2013 – ChinaPhintella lucida Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia, KenyaPhintella luna Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2024 – IndiaPhintella lunda Wesołowska, 2010 – AngolaPhintella macrops – IndiaPhintella mii Wang & Li, 2020 – ChinaPhintella minor – Guinea, Ivory CoastPhintella monteithi Żabka, 2012 – Australia Phintella multimaculata – Sri LankaPhintella nilgirica Prószyński, 1992 – IndiaPhintella nilotica Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – UgandaPhintella occidentalis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory CoastPhintella paludosa Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, MozambiquePhintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – ChinaPhintella parva – Russia, China, KoreaPhintella piatensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – PhilippinesPhintella planiceps Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Caroline Is.Phintella platnicki Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 – IndiaPhintella popovi – Russia, China, KoreaPhintella pulcherrima Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – ChinaPhintella pygmaea – ChinaPhintella rajbharathi Caleb, Sudhin & Sen, 2024 – IndiaPhintella reinhardti – India Phintella sancha Cao & Li, 2016 – China, VietnamPhintella siginjai Dhiya'ulhaq, 2025 – Indonesia Phintella suavis – MalaysiaPhintella suavisoides Lei & Peng, 2013 – ChinaPhintella subpanda C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – ChinaPhintella sufflava – BhutanPhintella suknana Prószyński, 1992 – IndiaPhintella transversa Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory CoastPhintella vittata – India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China to PhilippinesPhintella wandae C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – ChinaPhintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – ChinaPhintella yi Yang, Wang & Zhang, 2024 – ChinaPhintella yinae Lei & Peng, 2013 – China