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Oonopidae  Simon, 1890 / Oonops  Templeton, 1835   14 species

Oonops tubulatus Dalmas, 1916

Description
Male

Palp: embolus long and curved. Characters as in female.

Body length male: 1.6-1.64 mm
Female

Spermatheca small, widely distant from the epigastric furrow. Prosoma orange-red, 0.86 mm long. Eyes large, the anteriors contiguous to the front of prosoma. Legs: orange-red, tibia I and II with 4 pairs of ventral spines. Cuticula with sparse thin hairs.

Body length female: 1.9-2.1 mm
Additional information

Littoral, under stones, in damp areas.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Algeria
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Males in autumn and winter, females in spring.
Figures
Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
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. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

Machado A de B (1941) Araignées nouvelles pour la faune portugaise (II). Memorias e Estudos do Museu Zoologico da Universidade de Coimbra 117: 1-60 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
09-11-2015 Image insert