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Oonopidae  Simon, 1890 / Opopaea  Simon, 1892   5 species

Opopaea punctata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005093

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Description
Male

Body colouration brownish orange. Legs paler. Lateral part of prosoma with distinct longitudinal streaks. Dorsal scutum of opisthosoma oval shaped.

Body length male: 1.3 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.5 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

male Bulbus, ventral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

male Prosoma, lateral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

male Eyes, dorsal view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

male Maxillae and labium
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

male Habitus
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

female Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

species

female Eyes, dorsal view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)

Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Egypt   (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, 2003) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109 pdf

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Saaristo M I, Marusik Y M (2008) A survey of African Opopaea Simon, 1891 (Arachnida, Aranei, Oonopidae). Arthropoda Selecta 17: 17-53 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
06-12-2024 Distribution update Detail