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Biting Jumping Spider

Opisthoncus cf. mordax

Description:

Jumping spider found on the underside of a leaf, approx. 1cm long.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Biting Jumping Spider
Opisthoncus cf. mordax http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/salticidae/ZZ276_F2628.jpg


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3 Comments

NateAndNature
NateAndNature 8 years ago

No prob

Vinny
Vinny 8 years ago

Thanks again for the I.D help bayucca

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Salticidae, should be a male Opisthoncus mordax. Please, verify! Assuming the ID from the link above is correct! It is from this site, which looks trustable:
http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian...
And it is quite a tricky genus to ID!!
http://knowledgebase.lookseek.com/Biting...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae/diag...
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertwhyt...

Vinny
Spotted by
Vinny

Northern Territory, Australia

Spotted on Mar 20, 2016
Submitted on Mar 20, 2016

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