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Genus: Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Opisthoncus barbipalpis (Keyserling, 1882)

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Chalcotropis barbipalpis Keyerling, 1882, 1 m (13441-141) -
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0001655) of Hyllus barbipalpis Keyserling, 1882 -

Taxonomic References

Hyllus barbipalpis Keyserling, 1882: 1344, pl. 114, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Chalcotropis barbipalpis Simon, 1903a: 788

Opisthoncus barbipalpis Żabka, 1991c: 44 (Tm from Chalcotropis)

Opisthoncus barbipalpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2013: 410, f. 6A-I (m)

References

Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. (2013). Redescription of the genus Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3717: 401-447. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.1 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1882). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 29-30]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1325-1420, pl. 113-120. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1991c). Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna w Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110. -- 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]

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