Ogdenia Explained

Ogdenia is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Ogdenia mutilla. It was first described by George Peckham in 1907,^[1] and is only found on Borneo.^[2]

Originally given the name Rooseveltia, it was renamed Ogdenia (after Milwaukee's Dr. H. V. Ogden) when it was discovered that the original name was preoccupied by a genus of fish.^{[3] [4]}

These spiders are thought to mimic mutillid wasps.^[5] The Peckhams believed this genus was related to those of Hasarius.

The female epigyne was drawn by Proszynsky in 1984.^[6]

Further reading

• Peckham. G.W.. Peckham. E.G.. 1907. The Attidae of Borneo. Trans. Wiscons. AC. Sci. Arts Let.. 15. 603–653.

Notes and References

1. Peckham. G.. Peckham. E. G.. 1907. The Attidae of Borneo. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 15. 603–653. George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham.
2. Gen. Ogdenia Peckham & Peckham, 1908. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Book: Jordan. David Starr. Seale. Alvin. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. 1906.
4. Peckham. G. W.. 1908. The generic name Rooseveltia. Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society. 6. 171. George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham.
5. Murphy. Frances. Murphy. John. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur.
6. Prószyński. J.. 1984. Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach. 2. 1–177.