Oonops domesticus Dalmas, 1916
Description
Bulbus distally broad spoon-shaped. Epigyne without sclerotised external parts. Prosoma light red, pale. Tibia I with 5 pairs of ventral spines. Opisthosoma brighter than prosoma.
Body length male: 1.6-1.8 mmBody length female: 1.9-2.0 mm
Additional information
In buildings, old collections, paper etc., feeds possibly on booklice, nocturnal, strikingly slow movements with fast sprints, several cocoons with only 2 eggs
Since a few decades, this species shows some spreading tendencies within Europe. Nevertheless, it shall not be listed as alien or invasive because it is native for Europe.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Bristowe 1948)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Kupryjanowicz & Staręga 1994)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva
(Machado 1949)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Kupryjanowicz & Staręga 1994)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Kupryjanowicz & Staręga 1994)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Bristowe 1948)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Leg I
(Bristowe 1948)
Leg
(Loksa 1969)
Leg I
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Leg I
(Roberts 1995)
Tibia I
(Kupryjanowicz & Staręga 1994)
Tarsus
(Loksa 1969)
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
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Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Bristowe W S (1948) Notes on the structure and systematic position of oonopid spiders based on an examination of the British species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118: 878-891
Cawley M (2001) Distribution records for uncommon spiders (Araneae) including five species new to Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 25: 135-143
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Kupryjanowicz J, Staręga W (1994) Oonops domesticus Dalmas, 1916 - eine für die Fauna Polens neue Spinneart (Araneae: Oonopidae). Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Science, Biological Sciences 42: 83-86
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Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British spiders. Vol. I. Ray Society, London, 310 pp.
Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
Machado A de B (1949) Araignées nouvelles pour la faune portugaise (III). Memorias e Estudos do Museu Zoologico da Universidade de Coimbra 191: 1-69
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Vrenozi B (2012) A collection of spiders (Araneae) in Albanian coastal areas. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 41-46
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