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Genus: Zenodorus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Zenodorus obscurofemoratus (Keyserling, 1883)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036892

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales)

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

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Taxonomic References

Euophrys obscurofemorata Keyserling, 1883b: 1430, pl. 121, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Pystira obscurefemorata Simon, 1901a: 653

Zenodorus obscurofemoratus Davies & Żabka, 1989: 230 (Tf from Pystira)

Zenodorus obscurofemoratus Prószyński, 2017b: 76 (T from Omoedus)

References

Davies, V. T. & Żabka, M. (1989). Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 189-266. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1883b). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 31]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1421-1489, pl. 120-123. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- 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

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- 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
2017-09-18	Species transferred to new genus	Prószyński, 2017b		Species transferred from Omoedus to Zenodorus