Ophrynia
| Ophrynia | |
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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: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Ophrynia Jocqué, 1981[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. superciliosa Jocqué, 1981
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| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Ophrynia is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Jocqué in 1981.[2]
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains twelve species and one subspecies, found in Tanzania, Malawi, and Cameroon:[1]
- Ophrynia galeata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia g. lukwangulensis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia infecta Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia insulana Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia juguma Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia perspicua Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia revelatrix Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia rostrata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia summicola Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia superciliosa Jocqué, 1981 (type) – Malawi
- Ophrynia trituberculata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
- Ophrynia truncatula Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Ophrynia uncata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Ophrynia Jocqué, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ Jocqué, R. (1981). "Erigonid spiders from Malawi (Araneida, Linyphiidae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 95: 470–492.