Phiale (spider)
# Phiale (spider)

Phiale is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846. P. albovittata has been considered a junior synonym of Freya perelegans since 2006.

## Species

As of August 2019 it contains twenty-five species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama:

* Phiale aschnae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
* Phiale bipunctata Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
* Phiale bisignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala
* Phiale bryantae Roewer, 1951 – Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)
* Phiale bulbosa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
* Phiale crocea C. L. Koch, 1846 – Panama to Brazil
* Phiale cruentata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil, French Guiana
* Phiale cubana Roewer, 1951 – Cuba
* Phiale elegans (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
* Phiale formosa (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
* Phiale geminata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
* Phiale gratiosa C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
* Phiale guttata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Costa Rica to Paraguay
* Phiale huadquinae Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
* Phiale longibarba (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
* Phiale mimica (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil
* Phiale ortrudae Galiano, 1981 – Ecuador
* Phiale pallida (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
* Phiale quadrimaculata (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
* Phiale radians (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil
* Phiale roburifoliata Holmberg, 1875 – Argentina
* Phiale rubriceps (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
* Phiale septemguttata (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
* Phiale tristis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
* Phiale virgo C. L. Koch, 1846 – Suriname
