{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Chinophrys | authority = Zhang & Maddison, 2012<ref name=Zhan2012 /> | type_species = ''C. pengi'' | type_species_authority = Zhang & Maddison, 2012 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 8, see text }}
'''''Chinophrys''''' is a genus of jumping spiders that was erected by J. X. Zhang & Wayne Paul Maddison in 2012.<ref name=wsc />
==Distribution== Two of the described species are endemic to Taiwan, with four others are found in mainland China. One species is endemic to South Africa. In 2021, a new species was described from Vietnam.<ref name="wsc" />
==Description== ''Chinophrys'' are medium-sized spiders with a dark carapace. The abdomen shows a mosaic of dark and yellowish spots. Anterior part of abdomen in males covered by a sclerotized scutum. Chelicerae with multiple teeth on promargin and fissident retromargin. Male palp with coiled embolus, bulb with proximal lobe. Epigyne with a median septum.<ref name="dippenaar2025" />
==Species== {{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes eight species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Chinophrys liujiapingensis'' <small>(Yang & Tang, 1997)</small> – China * ''Chinophrys mengyangensis'' <small>Cao & Li, 2016</small> – China * ''Chinophrys pengi'' <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> – China (type species) * ''Chinophrys pulcra'' <small>Logunov, 2021</small> – Vietnam * ''Chinophrys shennongjia'' <small>Yu & Zhang, 2022</small> – China * ''Chinophrys taiwanensis'' <small>(Peng & Li, 2002)</small> – Taiwan * ''Chinophrys trifasciata'' <small>Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014</small> – South Africa * ''Chinophrys wuae'' <small>(Peng, Tso & Li, 2002)</small> – Taiwan {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2575 | title=Gen. ''Chinophrys'' Zhang & Maddison, 2012 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-07}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2025">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Van der Walt | first2=V. | last3=Haddad | first3=C.R. | last4=Foord | first4=S.H. | last5=Lotz | first5=L.N. | year=2025 | title=The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-Den). Version 1 | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | page=44 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.15222559}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name="Zhan2012">{{cite journal| last1=Zhang| first1=J. X.| last2=Maddison| first2=W. P.| year=2012| title=New euophryine jumping spiders from Southeast Asia and Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)| journal=Zootaxa| pages=53–80| volume=3581| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3581.1.2| author-link2=Wayne Maddison}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Salticidae genera Category:Salticidae Category:Spiders of China Category:Spiders of South Africa
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