Description of a stunning new species of Phlegra Simon, 1876 from southern Spain and redescription of an enigmatic Phlegra species from northern Africa (Araneae: Salticidae) Author Azarkina, Galina N. Laboratory of Systematics of Invertebrate Animals, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia. & Department of Zoology & Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, 0950, South Africa. & Tomsk State University, Lenina Prospekt, 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia. Author Pérez-Gómez, Álvaro 0000-0002-6752-0348 Departamento de Biología (Área de Botánica), Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain. alvaro. perez @ gm. uca. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6752 - 0348 alvaro.perez@gm.uca.es Author Sánchez-García, Iñigo Zoobotánico Jerez, c / Madreselva s / n, 11408 Jerez, Spain; text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-11 5162 5 557 575 journal article 93660 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.5.6 89726f7c-46ff-48f7-bf9e-682decbcecc3 1175-5326 6816854 FEE08F7D-E948-4C15-A231-03EAC4E78C7A Genus Phlegra Simon, 1876 Phlegra Simon, 1876: 120 . Type species: Attus fasciatus Hahn, 1826 ; by subsequent designation by Simon, 1903: 670 . Diagnosis: Small to large species ranging from 2.9 to 9.0 mm in length. Sexes are usually alike in general body shape and colour, but the male differs by the presence of a dorsal abdominal scutum. Members of the genus Phlegra are differs from other members of subtribe Aelurillina by the following combination of characters: lateral cymbial process present (absent in other Aelurillina ) ( Logunov 1996 ); slightly robust first pair of legs, especially in males (other members of Aelurillina has equal thickness of all legs); body elongated, carapace relatively low (compare to other Aelurillina ), ocular area three times shorter than carapace length (2–2.5 times in other Aelurillina ); macrosetae on patella I are always absent. Distribution: Old World, with Phlegra hentzi (Marx, 1890) being introduced to North America (WSC 2022).