Opas

Opas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Tetragnathidae
Genus:Opas
Pickard-Cambridge[1]
Type species
Opas lugens
Species

6, see text

Opas is a genus of spiders in the Tetragnathidae family. It was first described in 1896 by O. Pickard-Cambridge. As of 2017, it contains 6 species found in the Americas from Mexico to Brazil.[1]

Species

Opas comprises the following species:[1]

  • Opas caudacuta (Taczanowski, 1873)
  • Opas caudata (Mello-Leitão, 1944)
  • Opas lugens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
  • Opas melanoleuca (Mello-Leitão, 1944)
  • Opas paranensis (Mello-Leitão, 1937)
  • Opas trilineata (Mello-Leitão, 1940)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tetragnathidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.


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