Opopaea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Opopaea Simon, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Opopaea apicalis (Simon, 1893)
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| Diversity | |
| 180 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Myrmecoscaphiella | |
Opopaea is a genus of
goblin spiders of the family Oonopidae.[1] The genus is one of the largest within the family, with 180 accepted species.[2]
Description
Spiders of the genus are very small, less than 2 mm long. They are usually a reddish-brown color. They have six eyes: four posterior in a straight row, and two anterior.[3]
Species
- Opopaea aculeata Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea acuminata Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea addsae Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea alje Saaristo & Marusik, 2008 — Tanzania
- Opopaea ameyi Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea amieu Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea andranomay Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea andringitra Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea ankarafantsika Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea ankarana Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea antoniae Baehr, 2013 — Queensland, New South Wales
- Opopaea antsalova Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea antsiranana Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea apicalis (Simon, 1893) — Pantropical
- Opopaea aurantiaca Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea auriforma Tong & Li, 2013 — China
- Opopaea banksi (Hickman, 1950) — Australia
- Opopaea batanguena Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Opopaea bemaraha Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea bemarivo Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea berenty Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea berlandi (Simon & Fage, 1922) — East Africa
- Opopaea betioky Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea bicolor Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea billroth Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea botswana Saaristo & Marusik, 2008 — Botswana
- Opopaea brisbanensis Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea broadwater Baehr, 2013 — Queensland, Australia
- Opopaea burwelli Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea bushblitz Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea calcaris Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea callani Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea calona Chickering, 1969 — USA
- Opopaea carnarvon Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea carteri Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea chrisconwayi Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea concolor (Blackwall, 1859) — Pantropical
- Opopaea conujaingensis (Xu, 1986) — China
- Opopaea cornuta Yin & Wang, 1984 — China
- Opopaea cowra Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1891 — Pantropical
- Opopaea diaolaushan Tong & Li, 2010 — China
- Opopaea douglasi Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea durranti Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea ectognophus Harvey & Edward, 2007 — Western Australia
- Opopaea ephemera Baehr, 2013 — Northern Territory
- Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909 — Ascension Islands
- Opopaea exoculata Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea fiji Baehr, 2013 — Fiji
- Opopaea fishriver Baehr, 2013 — Northern Territory
- Opopaea flabellata Tong & Li, 2013 — China
- Opopaea flava Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea floridana (Banks, 1896) — USA
- Opopaea foulpointe Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea foveolata Roewer, 1963 — Pacific
- Opopaea fragilis Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea framenaui Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea furcula Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — China
- Opopaea gabon Saaristo & Marusik, 2008 — Gabon
- Opopaea gaborone Saaristo & Marusik, 2008 — Botswana
- Opopaea gerstmeieri Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea gibbifera Tong & Li, 2008 — China
- Opopaea gilliesi Baehr, 2013 — Northern Territory
- Opopaea goloboffi Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea gracilis Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea gracillima Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea harmsi Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea hawaii Baehr, 2013 — Hawaii
- Opopaea hoplites (Berland, 1914) — East Africa
- Opopaea ita Ott, 2003 — Brazil
- Opopaea itampolo riamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea johannae Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea johardingae Baehr, 2013 — Northern Territory
- Opopaea jonesae Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea julianneae Baehr & Ott, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea kirindy Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea kulczynskii (Berland, 1914) — East Africa
- Opopaea lambkinae Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea lebretoni Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea leica Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea leichhardti Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea lemniscata Tong & Li, 2013 — Laos
- Opopaea linea Baehr, 2013 — Queensland, New South Wales
- Opopaea lingua Saaristo, 2007 — Israel
- Opopaea macula Tong & Li, 2013 — China
- Opopaea magna Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea mahafaly Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea manderano Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea manongarivo Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea marangaroo Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea margaretehoffmannae Baehr & Smith, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea margaritae (Denis, 1947) — Egypt
- Opopaea maroantsetra Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Comoro Islands
- Opopaea martini Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea mattica Simon, 1893 — Gabon, South Africa
- Opopaea mcleani Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea media Song & Xu, 1984 — China
- Opopaea meditata Gertsch & Davis, 1936 — USA
- Opopaea michaeli Baehr & Smith, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea millbrook Baehr, 2013 — South Australia
- Opopaea milledgei Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea millstream Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea mollis (Simon, 1907) — Sri Lanka
- Opopaea monteithi Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea mundy Baehr, 2013 — South Australia
- Opopaea nadineae Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea namoroka Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea ndoua Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea nibasa Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen
- Opopaea nitens Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea olivernashi Baehr, 2011 — Queensland
- Opopaea ottoi Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea palau Baehr, 2013 — Palau
- Opopaea pallida Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea pannawonica Baehr & Ott, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea phineus Harvey & Edward, 2007 — Western Australia
- Opopaea pilbara Baehr & Ott, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea plana Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea platnicki Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea plumula Yin & Wang, 1984 — China
- Opopaea preecei Baehr, 2013 — Northern Territory
- Opopaea probosciella Saaristo, 2001 — Seychelles
- Opopaea proserpine Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea punctata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) — Lebanon, Israel, other records doubtful
- Opopaea raveni Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea rigidula Tong & Li, 2013 — China
- Opopaea rixi Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea robusta Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea rogerkitchingi Baehr, 2011 — Queensland
- Opopaea rugosa Baehr & Ott, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea saaristoi Wunderlich, 2011 — Cyprus
- Opopaea sallami Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen
- Opopaea sanaa Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen
- Opopaea sandranantitra Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea santschii Brignoli, 1974 — Tunisia, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel
- Opopaea sanya Tong & Li, 2010 — China
- Opopaea sauteri Brignoli, 1974 — Taiwan
- Opopaea sedata Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA
- Opopaea semilunata Tong & Li, 2013 — China
- Opopaea shanasi Saaristo, 2007 — Israel
- Opopaea silhouettei (Benoit, 1979) — Seychelles, Rapa Nui
- Opopaea simoni (Berland, 1914) — East Africa
- Opopaea simplex Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea sown Baehr, 2013 — Queensland, New South Wales
- Opopaea speciosa (Lawrence, 1952) — South Africa, Yemen
- Opopaea speighti Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea spinosa Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen
- Opopaea sponsa Brignoli, 1978 — Bhutan
- Opopaea stanisici Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea stevensi Baehr, 2013 — South Australia
- Opopaea striata Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea sturt Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea subtilis Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea sudan Saaristo & Marusik, 2008 — Sudan
- Opopaea suelewisae Baehr & Smith, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea suspecta Saaristo, 2002 — Seychelles
- Opopaea syarakui (Komatsu, 1967) — Japan
- Opopaea sylvestrella Baehr & Smith, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea tenuis Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea torotorofotsy Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea touho Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea triangularis Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea tsimaloto Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea tsimembo Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea tsingy Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea tsijoriaky Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea tuberculata Baehr, 2013 — New Caledonia
- Opopaea tumida Tong & Li, 2013 — Laos
- Opopaea ulrichi Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea ursulae Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea viamao Ott, 2003 — Brazil
- Opopaea vitrispina Tong & Li, 2010 — China
- Opopaea vohibazaha Andriamalala & Hormiga, 2013 — Madagascar
- Opopaea wheelarra Baehr & Ott, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea whim Baehr & Harvey, 2013 — Western Australia
- Opopaea wongalara Baehr, 2013 — Northern Territory
- Opopaea yorki Baehr, 2013 — New South Wales
- Opopaea yukii Baehr, 2013 — Queensland
- Opopaea zhengi Tong & Li, 2013 — China
References
Wikispecies has information related to Opopaea.
- ^ Platnick, Norman I.; Dupérré, N. (Nadine): The goblin spider genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. (American Museum novitates, no. 3649), American Museum of Natural History, 2009.
- ^ "Gen. Opopaea Simon, 1891". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ISBN 0851989675.