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Genus of spiders
Opisthoncus is a
genus of
South Pacific
jumping spiders that was first described by
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1880.
[2] There are still many Australian species that have not yet been described.
As of August 2019
[update] it contains thirty-two species, found only in
Papua New Guinea and
Australia:
[1]
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Opisthoncus abnormis L. Koch, 1881 –
Australia (
Queensland,
New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus albiventris L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus alborufescens L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus barbipalpis (
Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus bellus (
Karsch, 1878) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus bitaeniatus L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus confinis L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus delectabilis Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
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Opisthoncus devexus
Simon, 1909 – Australia (
Western Australia)
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Opisthoncus eriognathus (
Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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Opisthoncus grassator Keyserling, 1883 – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus inconspicuus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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Opisthoncus keyserlingi
Zabka, 1991 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus kochi Zabka, 1991 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus lineativentris L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus machaerodus Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Opisthoncus magnidens L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus mandibularis L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus mordax L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus necator L. Koch, 1881 – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus nigrifemur
Strand, 1911 – Papua New Guinea (
New Britain)
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Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus pallidulus L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus parcedentatus L. Koch, 1880 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867) (
type) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales). Introduced to New Zealand
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Opisthoncus quadratarius (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus rubriceps (Thorell, 1881) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus serratofasciatus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus sexmaculatus (
C. L. Koch, 1846) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Opisthoncus tenuipes (Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus unicolor L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
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Opisthoncus versimilis
Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Australia (
Victoria)