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

Opisthoncus sexmaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1846)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035082

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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

Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Plexippus sexmaculatus C. L. Koch, 1846, (1733) -

Taxonomic References

Plexippus sexmaculatus C. L. Koch, 1846: 119, f. 1169 (Df) Original description

Gangus sexmaculatus Simon, 1903a: 700

Opisthoncus sexmaculatus Żabka, 1991c: 47 (Tf from Gangus=Thyene)

Opisthoncus sexmaculatus Gardzińska & Żabka, 2013: 442, f. 28A-D (f)

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

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- 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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