Dendryphantes

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

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

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found on all inhabited continents except Australia.

Species

D. hararensis
D. mendicus
D. silvestris

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

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

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
↑ Koch, C. L. (1837). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. pp. 1–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.

External links

Citizen science observations for Dendryphantes at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-07.

[Koch1837-2] Koch, C. L. (1837). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. pp. 1–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.

Dendryphantes

Dendryphantes rudis on oak leaf in western Saxony

male D. purcelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837
Type species
D. hastatus (Clerck, 1757)
Species
72, see text

blue: reported countries (WSC)