{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Omothymus | image = Singapore blue.jpg | image_caption = An ''Omothymus violaceopes'' tarantula. | authority = <small>Thorell, 1891<ref name=WSC_g5543/></small> | type_species = ''Omothymus schioedtei'' | type_species_authority = <small>Thorell, 1891</small> | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = <ref name=WSC_g5543/> }}
'''''Omothymus''''' is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae, found in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=NMBE - World Spider Catalog |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5543/Omothymus |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=wsc.nmbe.ch}}</ref>
== Description == This genus can be distinguished from others thanks to their reproductive organs. They can be distinguished from ''Phormingochilus'' by the pointed apex of the embolus. They can also be distinguished by the length of leg 1 and 4, and by their distribution, being found in Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra, Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gabriel |first1=Ray |last2=Sherwood |first2=Danniella |date=2019 |title=The revised taxonomic placement of some arboreal Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895 with description of a new species of Omothymus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334999892 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=ResearchGate}}</ref>
==Species== {{As of|2022|07}}, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:<ref name=":0" />
* ''Omothymus fuchsi'' <small>Strand, 1906</small> - Indonesia * ''Omothymus rafni'' <small>Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019</small> - Indonesia * ''Omothymus schioedtei'' <small>Thorell, 1891</small> (type species) <small>-</small> Malaysia * ''Omothymus violaceopes'' <small>Abraham, 1924</small> - Malaysia and Singapore
=== In synonymy === ''Omothymus thorelli'' <small>Simon, 1901</small> = ''Omothymus schioedtei'' <small>Thorell, 1891</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=WSC_g5543>{{citation |title=Gen. ''Omothymus'' Thorell, 1891 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5543 |accessdate=2017-03-18 }}</ref> }}
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Category:Theraphosidae Category:Theraphosidae genera Category:Spiders of Asia Category:Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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