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

Zenodorus papuanus (Zhang & Maddison, 2012)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045462

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Described:

Distribution: Papua New Guinea

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM), Spencer Entomological Museum of the University of British Columbia (UBC–SEM), Vancouver, Canada m (AR00129) - (Zhang & Maddison, 2012b)
Paratype: Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM), Spencer Entomological Museum of the University of British Columbia (UBC–SEM), Vancouver, Canada 1f (AR00130) - (Zhang & Maddison, 2012b)
Paratype: Wayne Maddison Private Collection, Vancouver, Canada 3m 4f - (Zhang & Maddison, 2012b)

Taxonomic References

Omoedus papuanus Zhang & Maddison, 2012b: 30, f. 136-146 (Dmf) Original description

Zenodorus papuanus Prószyński, 2017b: 76, f. 1B.D3+E3+G3+H3 (mf, T from Omoedus)

References

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

Zhang, J. X. & Maddison, W. P. (2012b). New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Zootaxa 3491: 1-74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3491.1.1 -- 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