Corythalia

Corythalia; Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Corythalia; C. L. Koch, 1850
Type species
	C. latipes; (C. L. Koch, 1846)
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Dinattus Bryant, 1943; Dynamius Simon, 1888; Escambia Peckham & Peckham, 1896; Makthalia Badcock, 1932; Taeoma Mello-Leitão, 1939;

Corythalia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850. Species in this genus are found from Mexico to Argentina, with the range of C. opima extending into the United States.

Species

As of December 2025^[update], this genus includes ninety species:

Corythalia alacris (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) – Guatemala
Corythalia albicincta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Central America
Corythalia antepagmenti Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia argentinensis Galiano, 1962 – Argentina
Corythalia bicincta Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama
Corythalia binotata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
Corythalia blanda (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
Corythalia bonairensis (van Hasselt, 1887) – Bonaire
Corythalia brevispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala, Colombia
Corythalia broccai Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
Corythalia bromelicola Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
Corythalia bryantae Chickering, 1946 – Panama
Corythalia chalcea Crane, 1948 – Venezuela
Corythalia chickeringi Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
Corythalia cincta (Badcock, 1932) – Paraguay
Corythalia circumcincta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
Corythalia circumflexa (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Venezuela
Corythalia clara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Panama
Corythalia concinna Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia conferta Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Corythalia conformans Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Panama
Corythalia conspecta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) – United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama
Corythalia coronai Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
Corythalia cristata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
Corythalia dakryodes Bayer, 2020 – Colombia, Ecuador
Corythalia decora (Bryant, 1943) – Hispaniola
Corythalia diffusa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Panama
Corythalia drepane Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia drepanopsis Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia electa (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Colombia
Corythalia erebus (Bryant, 1943) – Hispaniola
Corythalia excavata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
Corythalia fimbriata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
Corythalia flagrans Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia flavida (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
Corythalia foelixi Bayer, 2020 – Guyana, French Guiana
Corythalia fragilis Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia fulgipedia Crane, 1948 – Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil
Corythalia gasnieri Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia grata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
Corythalia hadzji Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
Corythalia hamulifera Bayer, 2020 – Ecuador
Corythalia heros (Bryant, 1943) – Hispaniola
Corythalia insularis Ruiz, Brescovit & Freitas, 2007 – Brazil (Fernando de Noronha Islands)
Corythalia iridescens Petrunkevitch, 1926 – Virgin Islands
Corythalia latior Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Bolivia
Corythalia latipes (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil (type species)
Corythalia lineata Bayer, 2020 – Guyana
Corythalia longiducta Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia luctuosa Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana, Brazil
Corythalia metallica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Corythalia minor (Bryant, 1943) – Hispaniola
Corythalia modesta Chickering, 1946 – Panama
Corythalia murcida (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Central America
Corythalia neglecta Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
Corythalia nigriventer (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Panama
Corythalia nigropicta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Central America
Corythalia noda (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
Corythalia obsoleta Banks, 1929 – Panama
Corythalia opima (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885) – United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama
Corythalia panamana Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama
Corythalia parva (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
Corythalia parvula (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896) – Mexico to Panama
Corythalia peblique Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
Corythalia penicillata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala
Corythalia pequii Bedoya-Róqueme, 2022 – Brazil
Corythalia placata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (?)
Corythalia porphyra Brüning & Cutler, 1995 – Costa Rica
Corythalia protensa Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia pulchra Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama
Corythalia quadriguttata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Panama
Corythalia ricti Bayer, 2020 – Guyana
Corythalia roeweri Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
Corythalia rugosa Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
Corythalia scutellaris Bayer, 2020 – Ecuador
Corythalia sellata Simon, 1901 – presumably Neotropics/South America
Corythalia spiralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil
Corythalia spirorbis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
Corythalia sulphurea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Costa Rica, Panama
Corythalia tribulosa Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Colombia
Corythalia tristriata Bryant, 1942 – Puerto Rico
Corythalia trochophora Bayer, 2020 – Ecuador
Corythalia tropica (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Venezuela
Corythalia ursina (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Guyana
Corythalia valida (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
Corythalia verhaaghi Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020 – Brazil
Corythalia vervloeti Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Ecuador, Brazil
Corythalia voluta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – El Salvador, Panama
Corythalia waleckii (Taczanowski, 1871) – Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, French Guiana
Corythalia xanthopa Crane, 1948 – Venezuela

References

1 2 3 4 "Gen. Corythalia C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
↑ Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2015). "Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny". Zootaxa. 3938 (1): 15. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1. PMID 25947489.
↑ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1939). "Araignées américaines du Musee d'histoire naturelle de Bâle". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 46: 84. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117928.
↑ Galiano, M. E. (1962). "Nota sobre el género Corythalia Koch, 1850. Descripción de una nueva especie (Araneae, Salticidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 23: 15.
↑ Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, C.H. Zeh. pp. 1–77. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Corythalia C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-12-10.

[Zhan2015-2] Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2015). "Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny". Zootaxa. 3938 (1): 15. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1. PMID 25947489.

[Mell1939-3] Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1939). "Araignées américaines du Musee d'histoire naturelle de Bâle". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 46: 84. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117928.

[Gali1962-4] Galiano, M. E. (1962). "Nota sobre el género Corythalia Koch, 1850. Descripción de una nueva especie (Araneae, Salticidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 23: 15.

[Koch1850-5] Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, C.H. Zeh. pp. 1–77. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.