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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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Species
editAs of August 2019[update] 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). Introduced to New Zealand
- 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
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ Koch, L. (1880). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg. pp. 1157–1212.
External links
edit- Biting Jumping Spider – Opisthoncus mordax (photographs, description)
- Garden Jumping Spider – Opisthoncus sp. (photographs, description)
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