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Genus of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orthrus is a genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2] The name is derived from a two-headed dog in Greek mythology.[3]
| Orthrus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male Orthrus sp. in Malaysia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Orthrus Simon, 1900[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. bicolor Simon, 1900 | |
| Species | |
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4, see text | |
As of August 2019[update] it contains four species, found only in Indonesia and the Philippines:[1]
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