Aphirape

Aphirape is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.^[2]

Aphirape
Aphirape misionensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Aphirape C. L. Koch, 1850[1]
Type species
A. ancilla (C. L. Koch, 1846)
Species
8, see text

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains eight species, found in Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil:^[1]

• Aphirape ancilla (C. L. Koch, 1846) (type) – Brazil
• Aphirape boliviensis Galiano, 1981 – Bolivia, Argentina
• Aphirape flexa Galiano, 1981 – Argentina, Uruguay
• Aphirape gamas Galiano, 1996 – Brazil, Argentina
• Aphirape misionensis Galiano, 1981 – Argentina, Brazil
• Aphirape riojana (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
• Aphirape riparia Galiano, 1981 – Argentina
• Aphirape uncifera (Tullgren, 1905) – Argentina