# Omoedus

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Omoedus
| image = Zenodorus swiftorum 2058.jpg
| image_caption = ''Omoedus swiftorum''
| authority = [Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1881<ref name=NMBE />
| type_species = ''[O. niger](/source/Omoedus_niger)''
| type_species_authority = Thorell, 1881
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 7, see text
}}

'''''Omoedus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [jumping spider](/source/jumping_spider)s (family Salticidae).<ref name=NMBE/>

==Taxonomy==
''Omoedus'' was first described by [Tamerlan Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell) in 1881.<ref name=NMBE/><ref name=Thor1881/> In 2015, Junxia Zhang and [Wayne Maddison](/source/Wayne_Maddison) synonymized ''[Pystira](/source/Pystira)'' with ''Omoedus'',<ref name=ZhanMadd15/> but this was rejected by rejected by [Jerzy Prószyński](/source/Jerzy_Pr%C3%B3szy%C5%84ski) in 2017,<ref name=Pros17/> and both genera are accepted by the [World Spider Catalog](/source/World_Spider_Catalog) {{As of|2020|August|lc=yes}}.<ref name=NMBE/><ref name=WSC_g4630/>

The genus is placed in the subfamily [Salticinae](/source/Salticinae), tribe [Euophryini](/source/Euophryini).<ref name=Madd20/>

===Species===
{{as of|2019|08}} it contains seven species, found on [Fiji](/source/Fiji), in [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea), on the [Aru Islands](/source/Aru_Islands_Regency), and the [Moluccas](/source/Moluccas):<ref name=NMBE/>
*''[Omoedus cordatus](/source/Omoedus_cordatus)'' <small>Berry, Beatty & [Prószyński](/source/Jerzy_Pr%C3%B3szy%C5%84ski), 1996</small> – [Fiji](/source/Fiji)
*''[Omoedus insultans](/source/Omoedus_insultans)'' <small>(Thorell, 1881)</small> – New Guinea
*''[Omoedus kulczynskii](/source/Omoedus_kulczynskii)'' <small>Prószyński, 1971</small> – New Guinea
*''[Omoedus niger](/source/Omoedus_niger)'' <small>Thorell, 1881</small> ([type](/source/Type_species)) – New Guinea
*''[Omoedus piceus](/source/Omoedus_piceus)'' <small>[Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1902</small> – [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) ([Moluccas](/source/Moluccas)), New Guinea
*''[Omoedus sexualis](/source/Omoedus_sexualis)'' <small>([Strand](/source/Embrik_Strand), 1911)</small> – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
*''[Omoedus torquatus](/source/Omoedus_torquatus)'' <small>(Simon, 1902)</small> – Indonesia (Moluccas)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Madd20>{{citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Maddison |first1=Wayne P. |title=A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) |journal=Journal of Arachnology |date=2015 |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=231–292 |doi=10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292|s2cid=85680279 }}</ref>

<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. ''Omoedus'' Thorell, 1881| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2020-08-28| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2827| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>

<ref name=Pros17>{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Prószyński |first1=J. |date=2017 |title=Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae) |journal=Ecologica Montenegrina |volume=12 |pages=1–133 |doi=10.37828/em.2017.12.1 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=Thor1881>{{cite journal| last=Thorell| first=T.| year=1881| title=Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova| journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova| pages=1–727| volume=17| author-link=Tamerlan Thorell}}</ref>

<ref name=WSC_g4630>{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Gen. ''Pystira'' Simon, 1901 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/4630 |access-date=2020-08-28 }}</ref>

<ref name=ZhanMadd15>{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Zhang |first1=Junxia |last2=Maddison |first2=Wayne P. |date=2015 |title=Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3938 |issue=1 |pages=001–147 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1 |pmid=25947489 |name-list-style=amp }}</ref>
}}

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Category:Salticidae genera
Category:Salticidae
Category:Spiders of Oceania
Category:Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell

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