Orthrus (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Orthrus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Amycinae
tribus = Astiini
genus = "Orthrus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1900
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Orthrus
diversity = 4 species
type_species = "Orthrus bicolor"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1900
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Orthrus" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Name

Orthrus was a two-headed dog, the brother of Cerberus in Greek mythology.

pecies

* "Orthrus bicolor" Simon, 1900 — Philippines
* "Orthrus calilungae" Barrion, 1998 — Philippines
* "Orthrus muluensis" Wanless, 1980 — Borneo
* "Orthrus palawanensis" Wanless, 1980 — Philippines

References

* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/orthrus/orthr-ph.htm Photograph of "Orthrus" sp.]