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Orthrus (spider)

genus of spiders

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ248704 ↗
Source-derived summary

Orthrus is a genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. The name is derived from a two-headed dog in Greek mythology.

Species

As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only in Indonesia and the Philippines:

Orthrus bicolor Simon, 1900 (type) – Philippines

Orthrus calilungae Barrion, 1998 – Philippines

Orthrus muluensis Wanless, 1980 – Borneo

Orthrus palawanensis Wanless, 1980 – Philippines

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External links

Photograph of Orthrus sp.

Editorial summary

“Orthrus (spider)” enters the record as genus of spiders. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Orthrus, spider and genus can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 2019, 1998, 1980—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Orthrus, spider and genus.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q248704. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1900, 2019, 1998 and 1980.

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This entry incorporates text from “Orthrus (spider)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.