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

Opisthoncus kochi Żabka, 1991

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035067

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary m of Opisthoncus mandibularis - (Prószyński, 1983b)
Paralectotype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary 2m 2f of Opisthoncus mandibularis - (Prószyński, 1983b)

Taxonomic References

Opisthoncus mandibularis Szombathy, 1915a: 481 (Df; preoccupied by L. Koch, 1880, see Opisthoncus mandibularis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056111]

Opisthoncus mandibularis Prószyński, 1983b: 296, f. 31-35 (f, Dm)

Opisthoncus kochi Żabka, 1991c: 45 (replacement name) Original description

References

Prószyński, J. (1983b). Redescriptions of types of Oriental and Australian Salticidae (Aranea) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 44(2): 283-297. -- Show included taxa

Szombathy, C. (1915a). Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musée national hongrois. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 13: 468-490. -- 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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