Ostearius melanopygius

Ostearius melanopygius (female)

Ostearius melanopygius (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Genus: Ostearius
Species: Ostearius melanopygius

Name

Ostearius melanopygius (Pickard-Cambridge, 1879)

Type locality: New Zealand.

Holotype: OUMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Linyphia melanopygia Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 (original combination)
• Oedothorax melanopygia (Pickard-Cambridge): Strand, 1909: 553
• Ostearius melanopygius (Pickard-Cambridge): Denis & Dresco, 1946: 103
• Erigone matei Keyserling, 1886: 159
• Neriene matei (Keyserling): Tullgren, 1901: 199
• Oedothorax matei (Keyserling): Petrunkevitch, 1911: 263. (synonymized by Holm, 1962: 186).
• Erigone striaticeps Keyserling, 1886: 209 (synonymized by Miller, 2007: 30).
  • Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.
• Erigone atriventer Urquhart, 1887: 102 (synonymized by Millidge, 1985: 42).
• Neriene analis Simon, 1894a: 667 (synonymized by Wunderlich, 1976: 140).
• Microneta insulana Simon, 1900a: 461 (synonymized by van Helsdingen, 1973c: 8).
• Neriene arcuata Tullgren, 1901b: 200 (synonymized by Holm, 1962: 187).
• Oedothorax arcuatus (Tullgren): Petrunkevitch, 1911: 260
• Tmeticus nigricauda Pickard-Cambridge, 1908: 141.
• Ostearius nigricauda (Pickard-Cambridge): Hull, 1911: 583
• Ceratinopsis melanura Simon, 1908d: 416 (synonymized by Machado, 1982: 141)
• Oedothorax melacra Chamberlin, 1916: 236 (synonymized by Ivie, 1967: 129).
• Scolopembolus melacrus (Chamberlin): Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 64
• Erigone atriventris Bryant, 1933b: 19
• Haemathyphantes denisi Caporiacco, 1949: 360. (synonymized by van Helsdingen, 1977: 182)

References

Additional references

• Růžička, V. 1995: The spreading of Ostearius melanopygius (Araneae: Linyphiidae) through central Europe. European journal of entomology, 92: 723–726. ISSN: 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online)
• Urquhart, A.T. 1887: On new species of Araneidea. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118, plates VII-VIII. full text and PDF Reference page.