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Oonopidae  Simon, 1890 / Orchestina  Simon, 1882   12 species

Orchestina dubia  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911

Description
Male

Male unknown.

Female

Prosoma oval, longer than wide, brownish-yellow, with linear black-brown markings and irregular triangular patch. Sternum round-oval, wider than long, yellow brown with black-brown markings. Legs brownish-yellow. Opisthosoma oval, dull brown, ventrally darker.

Additional information

No illustrations provided by the author.

This species has only been collected once, more than 100 years ago. It could be a misidentification and needs careful re-examination. In the meanwhile, it seems not to be justified to list this species as alien for Europe.

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Britain
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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.

United Kingdom   (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911a) |||
References

Pickard-Cambridge O (1911a) Arachnida. In: Additions to the wild fauna and flora of the Royal Botanical Gardens: XII. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 12: 370-373 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
17-10-2023 Distribution update Detail
01-08-2023 Image insert
16-01-2021 Distribution update Detail
13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail