Opopaea punctata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
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 mmFemale
Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 1.5 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Maxillae and labium
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Habitus
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Saaristo & Marusik 2008)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
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
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
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
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
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Saaristo M I, Marusik Y M (2008) A survey of African Opopaea Simon, 1891 (Arachnida, Aranei, Oonopidae). Arthropoda Selecta 17: 17-53
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
| 06-12-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |