Opopaea deserticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dysderoidea

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: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Dysderoidea

Familia: Oonopidae
Subfamilia: Gamasomorphinae
Genus: Opopaea
Species: Opopaea deserticola

Name

Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1892

Type locality: Saint Vincent, Antilles.

Syntype: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Gamasomorpha rufa Banks, 1898: 211 (synonymized by Brescovit et al., 2019b: 10).
  • Type locality: Baja California, Mexico.
    • Holotype: CAS. female ♀. destroyed in the earthquake in 1900.
• Opopaea darlingtoni Bryant, 1940: 267 (synonymized by Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1983: 103).
  • Type locality: Maisí, Guantánamo, Cuba.
    • Holotype: MCZ. male ♂.
• Opopaea timida Chickering, 1951: 233 (synonymized by Platnick & Dupérré, 2009: 4).
  • Type locality: Chilibrillo caves of the Panama Canal Zone.
    • Holotype: MCZ. male ♂.
• Opopaea brasima Chickering, 1969: 148 (synonymized by Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1983: 103)
  • Type locality: Kendall, Dade Co., Florida, USA.
    • Holotype: AMNH. male ♂.
• Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909: 549 (ynonymized by Sherwood, Dunlop & Sharp, 2024: 126)
  • Type locality: Ascension Island
    • Syntypes: ZMB. 2 females ♀. 14.IX.1903. ZMB 35217. lost

References

Primary references

• Simon E.L., 1892c. On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 59(4, for 1891): 549-575 (BHL).Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bryant, E.B. 1940. Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 86: 247–532. BHL Reference page. 
• Chickering, A.M. 1951. The Oonopidae of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 106: 207–245. [full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Chickering, A.M. 1969. The family Oonopidae (Araneae) in Florida. Psyche 76: 144-162. Reference page. 
• Sherwood, D., Dunlop, J.A. & Sharp, A. 2024. 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(1): 125–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.9. . Reference page.