Opisthoncus

Opisthoncus
unidentified sp, Sydney
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Marpissinae
Genus:	Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880
Type species
Attus polyphemus L. Koch, 1867
Species
see text
Diversity
33 species

Opisthoncus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Many Australian species are as yet undescribed.

Species

• Opisthoncus abnormis L. Koch, 1881 – Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus albiventris L. Koch, 1881 – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus alborufescens L. Koch, 1880 – Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus barbipalpis (Keyserling, 1882) – Queensland
• Opisthoncus bellus (Karsch, 1878) – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus bitaeniatus L. Koch, 1880 – Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus clarus Keyserling, 1883 – Queensland
• Opisthoncus confinis L. Koch, 1881 – Queensland
• Opisthoncus delectabilis Rainbow, 1920 – Lord Howe Island
• Opisthoncus devexus Simon, 1909 – Western Australia
• Opisthoncus eriognathus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
• Opisthoncus grassator Keyserling, 1883 – Queensland
• Opisthoncus inconspicuus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
• Opisthoncus keyserlingi Zabka, 1991 – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus kochi Zabka, 1991 – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus lineativentris L. Koch, 1880 – Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus machaerodus Simon, 1909 – Western Australia
• Opisthoncus magnidens L. Koch, 1880 – Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus mandibularis L. Koch, 1880 – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus mordax L. Koch, 1880 – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus necator L. Koch, 1881 – New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus nigrifemur Strand, 1911 – New Britain
• Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia
• Opisthoncus pallidulus L. Koch, 1880 – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus parcedentatus L. Koch, 1880 – Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867) – New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
• Opisthoncus quadratarius (L. Koch, 1867) – Queensland
• Opisthoncus rubriceps (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland
• Opisthoncus serratofasciatus L. Koch, 1881 – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus sexmaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – New South Wales
• Opisthoncus tenuipes (Keyserling, 1882) – Queensland
• Opisthoncus unicolor L. Koch, 1881 – Queensland
• Opisthoncus versimilis Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Victoria

  

  Dorsal view of Opisthoncus polyphemus.

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Biting Jumping Spider - Opisthoncus mordax (photographs, description)
• Garden Jumping Spider - Opisthoncus sp. (photographs, description)