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Oonopidae  Simon, 1890 / Opopaea  Simon, 1892   5 species

Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1892

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005078

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Description
Male

Pedipalp: bulbus 1 to 1.5 times as long as cymbium. Prosoma pale orange, without pattern, eyes (6) well developed. Sternum uniformly pale orange. Cheliceren pale orange, pro- and retromargin without teeth. Legs uniformly yellow. Opisthosoma with pale orange, strongly sclerotized scutum.

Body length male: 1.25 mm
Female

Vulva: receptaculum (in dorsal view) short, T-shaped, situated near epigastric furrow. Colouration as in males. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of opisthosoma.

Body length female: 1.50 mm
Additional information

Hothouse in litter layer.

This species of Asian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did not yet establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Southeast Asia. Introduced to USA to Panama, Caribbean, Venezuela, Brazil, Ascension Is., Cape Verde, Canary Is., Middle East, Japan (Ryukyu and Ogasawara Is.), Pacific Is.
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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male Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Sherwood et al. 2024a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Sherwood et al. 2024a)

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male Habitus, dorsal view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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male Habitus, ventral view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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male Habitus, lateral view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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female Epigyne
(Sherwood et al. 2024a)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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female Habitus, ventral view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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female Habitus, lateral view
(Platnick & Dupérré 2009a)

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.

Germany   (Kielhorn, 2016) |||
References

Kielhorn K-H (2016) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Webspinnen und Weberknechte in Berlin und Brandenburg. Märkische Entomologische Nachrichten 17(2): 261-286 pdf

Platnick N I, Dupérré N (2009a) The goblin spider genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates 3649: 1-43 pdf

Sherwood D, Dunlop J, Sharp A (2024a) On the identity of Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909 and first records of three other non-native goblin spiders from Ascension Island (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 5437: 125-130 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
11-04-2024 Image insert
07-05-2021 Distribution update Detail
19-02-2019 Distribution update Detail
25-05-2016 Distribution update Detail
25-05-2016 Image insert