Phlegra Simon, 1876

Azarkina, Galina N., Pérez-Gómez, Álvaro & Sánchez-García, Iñigo, 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 (5), pp. 557-575 : 558

Genus Phlegra Simon, 1876

Phlegra Simon, 1876: 120 .

Type species: Attus fasciatus Hahn, 1826 ; by subsequent designation by Simon, 1903: 670.

Diagnosis: Small to large species ranging from 2.9 to 9.0 mm in length. Sexes are usually alike in general body shape and colour, but the male differs by the presence of a dorsal abdominal scutum. Members of the genus Phlegra are differs from other members of subtribe Aelurillina by the following combination of characters: lateral cymbial process present (absent in other Aelurillina ) ( Logunov 1996); slightly robust first pair of legs, especially in males (other members of Aelurillina has equal thickness of all legs); body elongated, carapace relatively low (compare to other Aelurillina ), ocular area three times shorter than carapace length (2–2.5 times in other Aelurillina ); macrosetae on patella I are always absent.

Distribution: Old World, with Phlegra hentzi (Marx, 1890) being introduced to North America (WSC 2022).