Biology:Orthrus (spider)
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Orthrus | |
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| Male Orthrus sp. in Malaysia | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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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]
- Orthrus bicolor Simon, 1900 (type) – Philippines
- Orthrus calilungae Barrion, 1998 – Philippines
- Orthrus muluensis Wanless, 1980 – Borneo
- Orthrus palawanensis Wanless, 1980 – Philippines
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Orthrus Simon, 1900. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2834. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q248704 entry
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