Opisthoncus polyphemus, also called the cyclops jumping spider, is a species of jumping spiders in the family Salticidae. It is found in New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand.[1][2]
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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 |
| Species: | O. polyphemus
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| Binomial name | |
| Opisthoncus polyphemus L. Koch, 1867
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The males are 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) in length with the females slightly larger at 8-9mm, both with pale yellow-orange bodies with while markings.[3] Its black eyes are made to look bigger by surrounding black circles giving rise to the polyphemus and Cyclops names.[3]
Taxonomy
editThe species was described in 1867 by L. Koch as Attus polyphemus[4] (by 1875 the author refers to it as in the genus Opisthoncus[5]).
References
edit- ^ "Opisthoncus polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Cyclops Jumping Spider (Opisthoncus polyphemus)". iNaturalist Australia. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Opisthoncus polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867) Cyclops Jumping Spider". www.arachne.org.au. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Koch, L. (1867). "Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich–Königlichen Zoologisch–Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 173–250.
- ^ Koch, L.; von Keyserling, E. (1875–1883). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Vol. 1, pt.2. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe.
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