# Porius

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For the novel by [John Cowper Powys](/source/John_Cowper_Powys), see [Porius: A Romance of the Dark Ages](/source/Porius:_A_Romance_of_the_Dark_Ages).

***Porius*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [Papuan](/source/Papua_New_Guinea) [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [Tamerlan Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell) in 1892.[2] As of August 2019 it contains only two species, found only in [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea): *[P. decempunctatus](/source/Porius_decempunctatus)* and *[P. papuanus](/source/Porius_papuanus)*.[1]

## References

1. ["Gen. Porius Thorell, 1892"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2902). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-09-11.

1. Thorell, T. (1892). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2". *Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova*. **31**: 1–490.

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