Orthrus (spider)
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Male Orthrus sp. in Malaysia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Orthrus Simon, 1900[1] |
Type species | |
Simon, 1900
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Species | |
4, see text |
Orthrus is a genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2] The name is derived from a two-headed dog in Greek mythology.
Species[]
As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only in Indonesia and the Philippines:[1]
- Simon, 1900 (type) – Philippines
- Barrion, 1998 – Philippines
- Wanless, 1980 – Borneo
- Wanless, 1980 – Philippines
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Orthrus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ Simon, E. (1900). "Etudes arachnologiques. 30e Mémoire. XLVII. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 69: 27–61.
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Categories:
- Salticidae genera
- Salticidae
- Spiders of Asia
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