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Orthrus (spider)

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Orthrus
Male Orthrus sp. in Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Orthrus
Simon, 1900[1]
Type species
O. bicolor
Simon, 1900
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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.