Leptofreya

Leptofreya is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2015 by G. B. Edwards. It is found in the Americas from the United States to Brazil.[1]

Leptofreya
Leptofreya ambigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Leptofreya
Edwards, 2015[1]
Type species
Leptofreya ambigua
Species

See text

Species

As of 2018, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]

  • Leptofreya ambigua (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Colombia to French Guiana, Brazil, introduced to United States
  • Leptofreya bifurcata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Panama
  • Leptofreya laticava (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
  • Leptofreya longispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala, Panama

References
  1. "Gen. Leptofreya Edwards, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Bern: Natural History Museum. 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.


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