Octonoba

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Octonoba
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O. grandiprojecta, male
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O. grandiprojecta, female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Octonoba
Opell [1]
Type species
Octonoba sinensis
Species

32, see text

Octonoba is a genus of Asian cribellate orb weavers first described in 1979 by Brent Opell. [2] Members of this genus and those of Purumitra both have a large concave median apophysis and a conspicuous hematodocha. However, these spiders are generally much larger, with a carapace greater than 1.4 millimeters long, where those of Purumitra are usually less than 1 millimeter long. [2]

Species

As of 2017, it contains 32 species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Uloboridae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. 1 2 Opell, B. D. (1979). "Revision of the genera and tropical American species of the spider family Uloboridae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 148: 443–549.