Chinophrys

Chinophrys is a genus of jumping spiders that was erected by J. X. Zhang & Wayne Paul Maddison in 2012.^[2]

Chinophrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Chinophrys Zhang & Maddison, 2012[1]
Type species
C. pengi Zhang & Maddison, 2012
Species
8, see text

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes eight species:^[2]

• Chinophrys liujiapingensis (Yang & Tang, 1997) – China
• Chinophrys mengyangensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
• Chinophrys pengi Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – China (type species)
• Chinophrys pulcra Logunov, 2021 – Vietnam
• Chinophrys shennongjia Yu & Zhang, 2022 – China
• Chinophrys taiwanensis (Peng & Li, 2002) – Taiwan
• Chinophrys trifasciata Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
• Chinophrys wuae (Peng, Tso & Li, 2002) – Taiwan