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Genus: Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Euophrys difficilis (Simon, 1868)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032656

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Described:

Distribution: Southern Europe

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | araneae - Spiders of Europe | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (13676) of Saitis lusitanicus - (Logunov, 2005)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (847) - (Logunov, 2005)

Taxonomic References

Attus difficilis Simon, 1868b: 590 (Dm, f apparently misidentified) Original description

Euophrys difficilis Simon, 1876a: 182

Saitis lusitanicus Simon, 1901g: 67 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035970]

Euophrys difficilis Simon, 1937: 1179, 1252, f. 1849-1850 (m)

Chalcoscirtus difficilis Logunov, 1998b: 124 (T from Euophrys)

Pseudeuophrys difficilis Metzner, 1999: 53, f. 18l-m (m)

Euophrys difficilis Logunov, 2005: 14, f. 1-5 (m, T from Chalcoscirtus, S of Saitis lusitanicus)

Euophrys difficilis Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018: 37, f. 15A (m)

References

Logunov, D. V. (1998b). Pseudeuophrys is a valid genus of the jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue Arachnologique 12(11): 109-128. -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. (2005). Saitis lusitanicus Simon, 1901 is a junior synonym of 'Euophrys' difficilis (Simon, 1868). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 102: 14-15. -- Show included taxa

Metzner, H. (1999). Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J., Lissner, J. & Schäfer, M. (2018). Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol. Ecologica Montenegrina 18: 26-74. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1868b). Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des Attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 8: 11-72, 529-726, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1876a). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris, 364 pp., pl. 9-13. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901g). Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. L. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 70(1): 66-76. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1937). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 5e et derniére partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 979-1298. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2018-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018