Family: Oonopidae Simon, 1890 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0083] Back

Gen. Opopaea Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00534 ]
N.B.: not a senior synonym of Diblemma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908 (Saaristo, 2001a: 314, contra Chickering, in Shear, 1978: 8); considered a senior synonym of Myrmecoscaphiella Mello-Leitão, 1926b: 1 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00527] (type M. borgmeyeri Mello-Leitão, 1926 = Opopaea concolor (Blackwall, 1859)) by Platnick & Dupérré, 2009a: 3 and of Epectris Simon, 1893d: 74 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00515] (type E. apicalis Simon, 1893d: 74) by Baehr et al., 2013: 109; Epectris considered a senior synonym of Nale Saaristo & Marusik, 2008: 39 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03871] (type Opopaea lena Suman, 1965 = Opopaea apicalis (Simon, 1893)) by Platnick & Dupérré, 2009a: 29).
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-12-28
Described in
Simon, 1892e: 560 (type Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1892; gender feminine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
187accepted
14synonym
1nomen nudum
Reference

Simon, E. (1892e). On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 59(4, 1891): 549-575, pl. 42. [published in April 1892, after Duncan, 1937] download pdf

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2016-11-11 Genus updated Error corrected (Old value)