{{short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = Rhyphelia cymbialis 196623197.jpg | image2_caption = ''R. cymbialis'' from Brazil | taxon = Rhyphelia | authority = Simon, 1902 | synonyms = {{species list|Soesilarishius|Makhan, 2007}} }}
'''''Rhyphelia''''' is a genus of South American jumping spiders. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902,<ref name=Simo1902 /> with most species endemic to Brazil.<ref name=wsc />
==Species== {{as of|2025|12}}, this genus includes 34 species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Rhyphelia albipes'' <small>(Ruiz, 2011)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia amrishi'' <small>(Makhan, 2007)</small> – Suriname, Brazil * ''Rhyphelia aurifrons'' <small>(Taczanowski, 1878)</small> – Peru, French Guiana * ''Rhyphelia barbado'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia bicrescens'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia bilineata'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia brevistylus'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia cearensis'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia chaplini'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia cotriguacuensis'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia crispiventer'' <small>(Ruiz, 2011)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia cymbialis'' <small>(Ruiz, 2011)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia dromedarius'' <small>(Ruiz, 2011)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia elongatula'' <small>(Ruiz & Sobrinho, 2016)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia excentrica'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia flagellator'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia gallina'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia laticlavus'' <small>(Ruiz & Sobrinho, 2016)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia lunata'' <small>(Ruiz, 2011)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia macrochelis'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia micacea'' <small>(Zhang & Maddison, 2012)</small> – Ecuador * ''Rhyphelia minima'' <small>(Ruiz, 2011)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia muiratinga'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia novalima'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia okay'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia otti'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia paxiuba'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia planaria'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia ruizi'' <small>(Zhang & Maddison, 2012)</small> – Brazil, French Guiana * ''Rhyphelia spinipes'' <small>(Ruiz, 2011)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia tabernarius'' <small>(Ruiz, 2013)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia tocantinensis'' <small>Nobre & Ruiz, 2024</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia trombetas'' <small>(Ruiz & Sobrinho, 2016)</small> – Brazil * ''Rhyphelia variegata'' <small>Simon, 1902</small> – Brazil (type species) {{Div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2930 | title=Gen. ''Rhyphelia'' Simon, 1902 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-12-10}}</ref> <ref name="Simo1902">{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1902| title=Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=363–406| volume=46| author-link=Eugène Simon}}</ref> </references>
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Salticidae genera Category:Salticidae Category:Spiders of South America Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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