Phlegra (spider)

Phlegra
Phlegra fasciata
Phlegra karoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Phlegra
Simon, 1876
Type species
P. fasciata
(Hahn, 1826)
Species

77, see text

Phlegra is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The name is a reference to a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology.