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Orchestina

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Orchestina

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Orchestina is a genus of spider belonging to the family Oonopidae (goblin spiders). They can be found nearly worldwide in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia. Members of this genus are tiny having body lengths of around 1.0 to 3.0 mm. They are also capable of jumping due to their fourth femur being enlarged.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyOonopidae
Observations5

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
730
With media
2
Family
Oonopidae
Collections
DUGWAY, SDNHM, UNM, UOMNH, AM, QM
Recorded in
United States, Russia, Australia, Costa Rica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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taxon name
Orchestina
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Orchestina
Commons category
Orchestina
taxon author citation
Simon, 1882
taxonomic type
Orchestina pavesii
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Distribution
  • Ecology
  • Species
  • References
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Orchestina is a genus of spider belonging to the family Oonopidae (goblin spiders). They can be found nearly worldwide in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia. Members of this genus are tiny having body lengths of around 1.0 to 3.0 mm. They are also capable of jumping due to their fourth femur being enlarged.

It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1882.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orchestina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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