Orthrus (spider)

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.

Orthrus
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
O. bicolor
Simon, 1900
Species

4, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only in Indonesia and the Philippines:[1]

  • Orthrus bicolor Simon, 1900 (type) – Philippines
  • Orthrus calilungae Barrion, 1998 – Philippines
  • Orthrus muluensis Wanless, 1980Borneo
  • Orthrus palawanensis Wanless, 1980 – Philippines

References

  1. "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.


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