Ostearius melanopygius

Species of spider

Ostearius melanopygius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Ostearius
Species:
O. melanopygius
Binomial name
Ostearius melanopygius
(O. P.-Cambridge, 1879)

Ostearius melanopygius is a species of sheetweb spider in the family Linyphiidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in South America, and within a range from the Canary Islands to Egypt and Turkey, South Africa, China, and New Zealand. It has been introduced into Europe, as well. [6]

References

  1. ^ "Ostearius melanopygius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  2. ^ "Ostearius melanopygius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. ^ "Ostearius melanopygius". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. ^ "Ostearius melanopygius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  5. ^ "Ostearius melanopygius Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  6. ^ "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Ostearius melanopygius". Retrieved 2018-03-31.

Further reading

  • Adams, Richard J.; Manolis, Timothy D. (2014). Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States (California Natural History Guides). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520276611.
  • Bradley, Richard A. (2012). Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520274884.
  • Dean, D.A. (2016). "Catalogue of Texas spiders". ZooKeys (570): 1–703. doi:10.3897/zookeys.570.6095. PMC 4829797. PMID 27103878.
  • Foelix, Rainer F. (2010). Biology of Spiders (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199734825.
  • Griswold, Charles E.; Audisio, Tracy; Ledford, Joel M. (2012). "An extraordinary new family of spiders from caves in the Pacific Northwest (Araneae, Trogloraptoridae, new family)". ZooKeys (215): 77–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.215.3547. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3428790. PMID 22936872.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 978-0877192640.
  • Ubick, D.; Paquin, P.; Cushing, P.E.; Roth, V., eds. (2005). Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society. ISBN 978-0977143900.
  • Wheeler, W.C.; Coddington, J.A.; Crowley, L.M.; Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2016). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 576–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. S2CID 35535038.
  • Media related to Ostearius melanopygius at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Ostearius melanopygius


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