Zenodorus
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Zenodorus (disambiguation)
Zenodorus may refer to*Zenodorus, a family of spiders*Zenodorus son of Lysanias, King and ruler of Iturea*Zenodorus , ancient Greek mathematician*Zenodorus , builder of the Colossus of Nero in Rome...


Zenodorus is a spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). They are distributed from the Moluccas to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, including several islands of the Pacific.

At least one species, Z. orbiculatus, specializes on hunting ant
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...

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Species

  • Zenodorus albertisi (Thorell, 1881) — Moluccas to Queensland
    Queensland
    Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

  • Zenodorus arcipluvii (Peckham & Peckham, 1901)New Hebrides
    New Hebrides
    New Hebrides was the colonial name for an island group in the South Pacific that now forms the nation of Vanuatu. The New Hebrides were colonized by both the British and French in the 18th century shortly after Captain James Cook visited the islands...

    , Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

  • Zenodorus asper (Karsch, 1878)New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    , New Caledonia
    New Caledonia
    New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

  • Zenodorus danae Hogg, 1915New Guinea
    New Guinea
    New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

  • Zenodorus durvillei (Walckenaer, 1837) — New Guinea, Australia
  • Zenodorus formosus (Rainbow, 1899)Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

  • Zenodorus jucundus (Rainbow, 1912)Northern Territory
    Northern Territory
    The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

  • Zenodorus juliae (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea
  • Zenodorus lepidus (Guérin, 1834) — New Guinea
  • Zenodorus marginatus (Simon, 1902) — Queensland
  • Zenodorus metallescens (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland, New Guinea
  • Zenodorus microphthalmus (L. Koch, 1881)Pacific Islands
    Pacific Islands
    The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....

  • Zenodorus niger (Karsch, 1878) — New South Wales
  • Zenodorus obscurofemoratus (Keyserling, 1883) — New South Wales
  • Zenodorus orbiculatus (Keyserling, 1881) — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Zenodorus ponapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996Caroline Islands
    Caroline Islands
    The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end...

  • Zenodorus pupulus (Thorell, 1881) — Queensland
  • Zenodorus pusillus (Strand, 1913)Samoa
    Samoa
    Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

    , Tahiti
    Tahiti
    Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

  • Zenodorus rhodopae Hogg, 1915 — New Guinea
  • Zenodorus syrinx Hogg, 1915 — New Guinea
  • Zenodorus variatus Pocock, 1899 — Solomon Islands
  • Zenodorus varicans (Thorell, 1881) — Queensland
  • Zenodorus wangillus Strand, 1911Aru Islands
    Aru Islands
    The Aru Islands are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia. They also form a regency of Indonesia.-Geography:...


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