Zenodorus (spider)
Zenodorus is a genus of the jumping spiders distributed from the Moluccas to Australia, including several islands of the Pacific. It was once considered a junior synonym of Omoedus, but this was later rejected by Jerzy Prószyński in 2017. At least one species, Z. orbiculatus, specializes on hunting ants.
Prószyński placed Zenodorus in his informal group "euophryines". When synonymized with Omoedus, it was placed in the large tribe Euophryini, part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae in Maddison's 2015 classification of the family Salticidae.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:Zenodorus albertisi — Moluccas to QueenslandZenodorus arcipluvii — New Hebrides, AustraliaZenodorus brevis — New GuineaZenodorus danae Hogg, 1915 — New GuineaZenodorus darleyorum — New GuineaZenodorus durvillei — New Guinea, AustraliaZenodorus formosus — Solomon IslandsZenodorus jucundus — Northern TerritoryZenodorus juliae — New GuineaZenodorus lepidus — New GuineaZenodorus marginatus — QueenslandZenodorus metallescens — Queensland, New GuineaZenodorus meyeri — New GuineaZenodorus microphthalmus — Pacific IslandsZenodorus niger — New South WalesZenodorus obscurofemoratus — New South WalesZenodorus omundseni — New GuineaZenodorus orbiculatus — Queensland, New South WalesZenodorus papuanus — New GuineaZenodorus ponapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Caroline IslandsZenodorus pupulus — QueenslandZenodorus pusillus — Samoa, TahitiZenodorus rhodopae Hogg, 1915 — New GuineaZenodorus semirasus — QueenslandZenodorus swiftorum — New GuineaZenodorus syrinx Hogg, 1915 — New GuineaZenodorus tortuosus — New GuineaZenodorus variatus Pocock, 1899 — Solomon IslandsZenodorus varicans — QueenslandZenodorus wangillus Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands