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Genus: Omoedus Thorell, 1881 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Omoedus niger Thorell, 1881

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035044

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Described:

Distribution: New Guinea

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy Omoedus niger Thorell, 1881 - (Prószyński, 1971e)

Taxonomic References

Omoedus niger Thorell, 1881: 669 (Df) Original description

Omoedus niger Prószyński, 1971a: 172, f. 28-33 (f)

Omoedus niger Prószyński, 2017b: 76, f. 1B.A, 1B.F9, 38G (mf)

References

Prószyński, J. (1971a). Redescriptions of type-species of genera of Salticidae (Aranei), VIII-X. Revision of the subfamily Coccorchestinae. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 28: 153-182. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

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: 1-720. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2017-09-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b