Omoedus

Omoedus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.[2]

Omoedus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Omoedus
Thorell, 1881[1]
Type species
O. niger
Thorell, 1881
Species

7, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains seven species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, on the Aru Islands, and the Moluccas:[1]

  • Omoedus cordatus Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996Fiji
  • Omoedus insultans (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Omoedus kulczynskii Prószyński, 1971 – New Guinea
  • Omoedus niger Thorell, 1881 (type) – New Guinea
  • Omoedus piceus Simon, 1902Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea
  • Omoedus sexualis (Strand, 1911) – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
  • Omoedus torquatus (Simon, 1902) – Indonesia (Moluccas)
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References

  1. "Gen. Omoedus Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  2. Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.


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