Corythalia
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Corythalia is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the 74 described species occur in Central and South America, with two species (C. conspecta and C. opima) reaching north into the USA.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the 74 described species occur in Central and South America, with two species (C. conspecta and C. opima) reaching north into the USA.
Species
- Corythalia alacris (Peckham & PeckhamGeorge and Elizabeth PeckhamGeorge Williams Peckham and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachnologists, and entomologists, specializing in animal behavior and in the study of jumping spiders and wasps.-Lives and careers:George Peckham was born in Albany,...
, 1896) (Guatemala) - Corythalia albicincta (F. O. P-CambridgeFrederick Octavius Pickard-CambridgeFrederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge was an English arachnologist. He is often confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge , who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. Pickard-Cambridge picked up his enthusiasm for the study of spiders.-Life:F. O. Pickard-Cambridge was born in...
, 1901) (Central America) - Corythalia arcuata Franganillo, 1930 (Cuba)
- Corythalia argentinensis Galiano, 1962 (Argentina)
- Corythalia argyrochrysos (Mello-LeitãoCândido Firmino de Mello-LeitãoCândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, , was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida...
, 1946) (Paraguay) - Corythalia banksi RoewerCarl Friedrich RoewerCarl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae....
, 1951 (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico) - Corythalia barbipes (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Paraguay)
- Corythalia bicincta PetrunkevitchAlexander PetrunkevitchAlexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch was an eminent arachnologist of his time. From 1910 to 1939 he described over 130 spider species.-Biography:...
, 1925 (Panama) - Corythalia binotata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
- Corythalia blanda (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Trinidad)
- Corythalia brevispina (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala)
- Corythalia bryantae ChickeringArthur M. ChickeringArthur Merton Chickering was a U.S. arachnologist. He was born on March 23, 1887 in North Danville, Vermont and died on May 24, 1974.He studied in Yale University under Alexander Petrunkevitch until 1913. In 1916 he earned a master of science degree in cytology and in 1927 a Ph.D. for cytological...
, 1946 (Panama) - Corythalia canalis (ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
, 1925) (Panama) - Corythalia chalcea Crane, 1948 (Venezuela)
- Corythalia chickeringi Kraus, 1955 (El Salvador)
- Corythalia cincta (Badcock, 1932) (Paraguay)
- Corythalia circumcincta (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
- Corythalia circumflexa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Venezuela)
- Corythalia clara ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
& IvieWilton IvieWilton Ivie was an American entomologist, who descriped Arachnida-species. . He was employed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York.Wilton Ivie: B.S., M.S. in biology from University of Utah....
, 1936 (Panama) - Corythalia conformans Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Panama)
- Corythalia conspecta (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (USA to Costa Rica)
- Corythalia cristata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
- Corythalia cubana RoewerCarl Friedrich RoewerCarl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae....
, 1951 (Cuba) - Corythalia diffusa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Panama)
- Corythalia electa (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Colombia)
- Corythalia elegantissima (SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1888) (Hispaniola) - Corythalia emertoni Bryant, 1940 (Cuba)
- Corythalia excavata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
- Corythalia fimbriata (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Brazil)
- Corythalia flavida (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala)
- Corythalia gloriae PetrunkevitchAlexander PetrunkevitchAlexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch was an eminent arachnologist of his time. From 1910 to 1939 he described over 130 spider species.-Biography:...
, 1930 (Puerto Rico) - Corythalia grata (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Brazil)
- Corythalia hadzji Caporiacco, 1947 (Guyana)
- Corythalia heliophanina (TaczanowskiWladyslaw TaczanowskiWładysław Taczanowski was a Polish zoologist.-Life:A member of an old noble magnate family from the Poznań region, Taczanowski is considered one of the most important European zoologists of the nineteenth century...
, 1871) (French Guiana) - Corythalia insularis Ruiz, Brescovit & Freitas, 2007 (Brazil)
- Corythalia iridescens Petrunkevitch, 1926 (Virgin Is.)
- Corythalia latipes (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Brazil)
- Corythalia locuples (Simon, 1888) (Hispaniola)
- Corythalia luctuosa Caporiacco, 1954 (French Guiana)
- Corythalia metallica (Peckham & Peckham, 1895) (St. Vincent)
- Corythalia modesta Chickering, 1946 (Panama)
- Corythalia murcida (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Central America)
- Corythalia neglecta Kraus, 1955 (El Salvador)
- Corythalia nigriventer (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Panama)
- Corythalia nigropicta (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Central America)
- Corythalia noda (Chamberlin, 1916) (Peru)
- Corythalia obsoleta Banks, 1929 (Panama)
- Corythalia opima (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) (USA to Panama)
- Corythalia panamana Petrunkevitch, 1925 (Panama)
- Corythalia parva (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Brazil)
- Corythalia parvula (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Mexico to Panama)
- Corythalia peckhami Petrunkevitch, 1914 (Dominica)
- Corythalia penicillata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico, Guatemala)
- Corythalia placata (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Trinidad)
- Corythalia porphyra Brüning & Cutler, 1995 (Costa Rica)
- Corythalia pulchra Petrunkevitch, 1925 (Panama)
- Corythalia quadriguttata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico to Panama)
- Corythalia roeweri Kraus, 1955 (El Salvador)
- Corythalia rugosa Kraus, 1955 (El Salvador)
- Corythalia serrapophysis (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) (Panama)
- Corythalia spiralis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (El Salvador to Panama)
- Corythalia spirorbis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Panama)
- Corythalia squamata Bryant, 1940 (Cuba)
- Corythalia sulphurea (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Corythalia tristriata Bryant, 1942 (Puerto Rico)
- Corythalia tropica (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Venezuela)
- Corythalia ursina (Mello-Leitão, 1940) (Guyana)
- Corythalia valida (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Brazil)
- Corythalia vervloeti Soares & Camargo, 1948 (Brazil)
- Corythalia voluta (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (El Salvador, Panama)
- Corythalia walecki (Taczanowski, 1871) (Guyana, French Guiana)
- Corythalia xanthopa Crane, 1948 (Venezuela)