Oonops placidus Dalmas, 1916
Description
Male
Palp: tarsus oblong oval. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 1.34-1.4 mmFemale
Spermatheca very small, widely distant from epigastric furrow. Prosoma and legs bright orange-red. Legs: tibia I and II with 5 pairs of ventral spines, metatarsus I and II with 5 or 6 ventral spines in 2 rows, femur I and II with 5 or 6 ventral spines in 2 rows, sometimes 4 tiny spines, or spines absent. Opisthosoma pink.
Body length female: 1.8-2 mmAdditional information
Among litter, in woods, scrublands, juniper heaths.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1981c)
Tip of bulbus
(Thaler 1981c)
Receptaculum, dorsal view
(Thaler 1981c)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Thaler K (1981c) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 61: 105-150
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 22-09-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 11-09-2014 | Image insert |