''Opisthoncus'' is a
genus of
South Pacific
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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
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1880.
There are still many Australian species that have not yet been described.
Species
it contains thirty-two species, found only in
Papua New Guinea and
Australia
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:
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Opisthoncus abnormis''
L. Koch, 1881 –
Australia
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(
Queensland,
New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus albiventris''
L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus alborufescens''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus barbipalpis''
(Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk:
* Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist
* Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist
* Hermann ...
, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus bellus''
( Karsch, 1878) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus bitaeniatus''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus confinis''
L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus delectabilis''
Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
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Opisthoncus devexus''
Simon, 1909 – Australia (
Western Australia)
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Opisthoncus eriognathus''
( Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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Opisthoncus grassator''
Keyserling, 1883 – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus inconspicuus''
(Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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Opisthoncus keyserlingi''
Zabka, 1991 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus kochi''
Zabka, 1991 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus lineativentris''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus machaerodus
''Opisthoncus'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1880. There are still many Australian species that have not yet been described.
Species
it contains thirty ...
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Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Opisthoncus magnidens''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus mandibularis''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus mordax''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus necator''
L. Koch, 1881 – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus nigrifemur''
Strand, 1911 – Papua New Guinea (
New Britain
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)
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Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus''
(L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus pallidulus''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus parcedentatus''
L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus polyphemus''
(L. Koch, 1867) (
type
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) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales). Introduced to New Zealand
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Opisthoncus quadratarius''
(L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus rubriceps''
(Thorell, 1881) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus serratofasciatus''
L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus sexmaculatus''
(C. L. Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...
, 1846) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus tenuipes''
(Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus unicolor''
L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus versimilis''
Peckham & Peckham
George Williams Peckham (March 23, 1845 – January 10, 1914) and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham (December 19, 1854 – February 11, 1940) were a married couple who were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachno ...
, 1901 – Australia (
Victoria)
References
External links
Biting Jumping Spider – ''Opisthoncus mordax''(photographs, description)
(photographs, description)
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
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