Euophrys
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| Euophrys Temporal range: | |
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| Euophrys frontalis (Male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802) | |
| Species | |
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Euophrys is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1834.[2] The small black E. omnisuperstes lives on Mount Everest at elevations up to 6,700 meters, possibly making it the most elevated animal in the world. It lives on insects that have been blown upwards.[3]
Spiders in this genus are found in Eurasia, Africa and the Americas.[1]
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