Ophrynia

Ophrynia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué in 1981.[2]

Ophrynia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Ophrynia
Jocqué, 1981[1]
Type species
O. superciliosa
Jocqué, 1981
Species

12, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains twelve species and one subspecies, found in Tanzania, Malawi, and Cameroon:[1]

  • Ophrynia galeata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
    • Ophrynia g. lukwangulensis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia infecta Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia insulana Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia juguma Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia perspicua Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia revelatrix Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia rostrata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia summicola Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia superciliosa Jocqué, 1981 (type) – Malawi
  • Ophrynia trituberculata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
  • Ophrynia truncatula Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Ophrynia uncata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Ophrynia Jocqué, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Jocqué, R. (1981). "Erigonid spiders from Malawi (Araneida, Linyphiidae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 95: 470–492.


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