| Opisthoncus | |
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| Male Opisthoncus mordax | |
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| Dorsal view of Opisthoncus polyphemus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867)
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| Species | |
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Opisthoncus is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1880.[2] There are still many Australian species that have not yet been described.