Dendryphantes

Dendryphantes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.^[2]

Dendryphantes
Dendryphantes rudis on oak leaf in western Saxony
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837[1]
Type species
D. hastatus (Clerck, 1757)
Species
72, see text

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found on all inhabited continents except Australia.^[1]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 72 species:^[1]

• Dendryphantes acutus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho, South Africa
• Dendryphantes aethiopicus Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
• Dendryphantes alanicus Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 – Russia (Caucasus)
• Dendryphantes amphibolus Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
• Dendryphantes andinus Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
• Dendryphantes arboretus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe
• Dendryphantes barguzinensis Danilov, 1997 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Dendryphantes barrosmachadoi Caporiacco, 1955 – Venezuela
• Dendryphantes biankii Prószyński, 1979 – Russia (Middle and South Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, China
• Dendryphantes bisquinquepunctatus Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
• Dendryphantes calus Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
• Dendryphantes caporiaccoi Roewer, 1951 – Pakistan (Karakorum)
• Dendryphantes centromaculatus Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
• Dendryphantes chuldensis Prószyński, 1982 – Mongolia
• Dendryphantes comatus Karsch, 1880 – Syria
• Dendryphantes czekanowskii Prószyński, 1979 – Russia (Urals to Far East), Japan
• Dendryphantes darchan Logunov, 1993 – Mongolia
• Dendryphantes duodecempunctatus Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina
• Dendryphantes elgonensis Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique
• Dendryphantes fulvipes (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Chile
• Dendryphantes fulviventris (Lucas, 1846) – Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
• Dendryphantes fusconotatus (Grube, 1861) – Russia (Urals to Far East), Mongolia, China
• Dendryphantes hararensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Dendryphantes hastatus (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle and South Siberia), Kazakhstan, China (type species)
• Dendryphantes hewitti Lessert, 1925 – Guinea, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
• Dendryphantes holmi Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Uganda, Kenya
• Dendryphantes honestus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil
• Dendryphantes legibilis (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
• Dendryphantes lepidus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
• Dendryphantes limpopo Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
• Dendryphantes linzhiensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Dendryphantes luridus Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya
• Dendryphantes madrynensis Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Argentina
• Dendryphantes matumi Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 – South Africa
• Dendryphantes mendicus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Caribbean
• Dendryphantes minutus Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya
• Dendryphantes modestus (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
• Dendryphantes mordax (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
• Dendryphantes neethlingi Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 – South Africa
• Dendryphantes nicator Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
• Dendryphantes nigromaculatus (Keyserling, 1885) – Canada, United States
• Dendryphantes niveornatus Mello-Leitão, 1936 – Chile
• Dendryphantes nobilis (C. L. Koch, 1846) – South America
• Dendryphantes ovchinnikovi Logunov & Marusik, 1994 – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
• Dendryphantes patagonicus Simon, 1905 – Argentina
• Dendryphantes potanini Logunov, 1993 – China
• Dendryphantes praeposterus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
• Dendryphantes pseudochuldensis Peng, Xie & Kim, 1994 – China
• Dendryphantes pugnax (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
• Dendryphantes purcelli G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – St. Helena, South Africa, Lesotho
• Dendryphantes quaesitus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
• Dendryphantes rafalskii Wesołowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Dendryphantes ravidus (Simon, 1868) – Poland, Belarus
• Dendryphantes reimoseri Roewer, 1951 – Brazil
• Dendryphantes rudis (Sundevall, 1833) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
• Dendryphantes ruwenzori Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
• Dendryphantes sacci Simon, 1886 – Bolivia
• Dendryphantes sanguineus Wesołowska, 2011 – Zimbabwe
• Dendryphantes sasa Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
• Dendryphantes schultzei Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South Africa
• Dendryphantes secretus Wesołowska, 1995 – Kazakhstan
• Dendryphantes sedulus (Blackwall, 1865) – Cape Verde
• Dendryphantes seriatus Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
• Dendryphantes serratus Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya
• Dendryphantes sexguttatus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Argentina
• Dendryphantes silvestris Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
• Dendryphantes strenuus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
• Dendryphantes subtilis Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya
• Dendryphantes tuvinensis Logunov, 1991 – Russia (South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia
• Dendryphantes villarrica Richardson, 2010 – Chile
• Dendryphantes yadongensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Dendryphantes zygoballoides Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico