Orfeo (spider)

Orfeo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Orfeo ; Miller, 2007
Type species
	O. jobim ; Miller, 2007
Species
	2, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Orfeo is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2007.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains two species:^[1]

Orfeo desolatus (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
Orfeo jobim Miller, 2007 (type) – Brazil

References

1 2 "Gen. Orfeo Miller, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-16.
↑ Miller, J. A. (2007). "Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 1–263. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Orfeo Miller, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-16.

[Mill2007-2] Miller, J. A. (2007). "Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 1–263. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x.

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