Orchestina

Orchestina
Temporal range:
Orchestina sp. from Australia
Orchestina sp. from Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Orchestina
Simon, 1882[1]
Species

181, see text

Orchestina is a spider genus in the family Oonopidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1882.[2]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found mostly from Central to South America, Africa and Asia, with a few appearing in North America, Europe, and Australia.[2]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 181 species.[2]

These species have articles on Wikipedia:

  • Orchestina sp. from Australia
  • diagnostic drawings for O. yanayacu
  • O. zhiwui

See also

References

  1. ^ Simon, Eugène (1882). "Etudes Arachnologiques. 13e Mémoire. XX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Dysderidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 2 (6): 201–240.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Orchestina Simon, 1882". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.


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