Opisthoncus polyphemus

Opisthoncus polyphemus, also called the cyclops jumping spider, is a species of jumping spiders in the family Salticidae. It is found in New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand.^[1][2]

Opisthoncus polyphemus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Opisthoncus
Species:	O. polyphemus
Binomial name
Opisthoncus polyphemus L. Koch, 1867

O. polyphemus in New Zealand

The males are 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) in length with the females slightly larger at 8-9mm, both with pale yellow-orange bodies with while markings.^[3] Its black eyes are made to look bigger by surrounding black circles giving rise to the polyphemus and Cyclops names.^[3]

Taxonomy

The species was described in 1867 by L. Koch as Attus polyphemus^[4] (by 1875 the author refers to it as in the genus Opisthoncus^[5]).