Opisthoncus

Opisthoncus is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1880.[2] There are still many Australian species that have not yet been described.

Opisthoncus
Male Opisthoncus mordax
Dorsal view of Opisthoncus polyphemus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Opisthoncus
L. Koch, 1880[1]
Type species
O. polyphemus
(L. Koch, 1867)
Species

32, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains thirty-two species, found only in Papua New Guinea and Australia:[1]

  • Opisthoncus abnormis L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus albiventris L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus alborufescens L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus barbipalpis (Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus bellus (Karsch, 1878) – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus bitaeniatus L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus confinis L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus delectabilis Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
  • Opisthoncus devexus Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Opisthoncus eriognathus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Opisthoncus grassator Keyserling, 1883 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus inconspicuus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Opisthoncus keyserlingi Zabka, 1991 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus kochi Zabka, 1991 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus lineativentris L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus machaerodus Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Opisthoncus magnidens L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus mandibularis L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus mordax L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus necator L. Koch, 1881 – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus nigrifemur Strand, 1911 – Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
  • Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus pallidulus L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus parcedentatus L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867) (type) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus quadratarius (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus rubriceps (Thorell, 1881) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus serratofasciatus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus sexmaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Opisthoncus tenuipes (Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus unicolor L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Opisthoncus versimilis Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Australia (Victoria)

References
  1. "Gen. Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. Koch, L. (1880). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg. pp. 1157–1212.


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