Mopsolodes

Mopsolodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus:
Zabka, 1991[1]
Type species
M. australensis
Zabka, 1991
Species

Mopsolodes is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Marek Michał Żabka in 1991.[2] As of July 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Australia and Papua New Guinea: M. australensis and M. furculosus.[1] The name is derived from the closely related genus Mopsus.

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Mopsolodes Zabka, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  2. ^ Żabka, M. (1991). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, VII. Mopsolodes, Abracadabrella and Pseudosynagelides-new genera from Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 30 (3): 621–644. Wikidata Q124327163.


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