Orthrus (spider)

This article is about a genus of spiders. For the dog in Greek mythology, see Orthrus.

Orthrus
Male Orthrus sp. in Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this 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

4, see text

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1900). "Etudes arachnologiques. 30e Mémoire. XLVII. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 69: 27–61.
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.10.