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

Opisthoncus devexus Simon, 1909

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035062

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) (19140) -
Paralectotype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia 1j (11/4319) - (Main & Harvey, 1992)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (24309) [N.B.: the designated neotype is in fact a lectotype, which makes all other syntypes to paralectotypes] - (Gardzińska & Żabka, 2013)
Paralectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 1j (67) - (Gardzińska & Żabka, 2013)

Taxonomic References

Opisthoncus devexus Simon, 1909d: 205 (Dm) Original description

Opisthoncus devexus Gardzińska & Żabka, 2013: 413, f. 10A-J (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

Simon, E. (1909d). Araneae. 2me partie. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band 2, Lieferung 12. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 152-212. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7416 [[2nd pdf lists the collection locations]] -- 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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