Mopsolodes
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Mopsolodes
| authority = Zabka, 1991
| type_species = M. australensis
| type_species_authority = Zabka, 1991
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{Specieslist
| M. australensis|Zabka, 1991 – New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
| M. furculosus|Gardzińska, 2012 – New Guinea}}
}}
Mopsolodes is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Marek Michał Żabka in 1991.{{cite Q|Q124327163| last=Żabka| first=M.| author-link=Marek_Michał_Żabka}} {{as of|2019|07}} it contains only two species, found only in Australia and Papua New Guinea: M. australensis and M. furculosus.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Mopsolodes Zabka, 1991| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-08-06| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2800| doi=10.24436/2}} The name is derived from the closely related genus Mopsus.
References
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External links
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/mopsolod/austral.htm Diagnostic drawings] of M. australensis
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Category:Taxa named by Marek Michal Zabka
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