''Mopsolodes'' is a genus of

South Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

that was first described by

Marek Michał Żabka Marek Michał Żabka (born 1955) is a Polish arachnologist. His main research area is the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders), especially their systematics and biogeography. He has produced nearly 80 scientific publications, popular scien ...

in 1991. it contains only two species, found only in

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and Papua New Guinea: '' M. australensis'' and '' M. furculosus''. The name is derived from the closely related genus '' Mopsus''.

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of ''M. australensis'' Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Marek Michal Zabka {{Jumping-spider-stub