Ostearius is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.[3]
| Ostearius | |
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| O. melanopygius, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Ostearius Hull, 1911[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
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| Species | |
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2, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains two species:[1]
- Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) (type) – South America. Introduced to Europe, Canary Is., Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, China and New Zealand
- Ostearius muticus Gao, Gao & Zhu, 1994 – China
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Ostearius Hull, 1911". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ Helsdingen, P. J. van (1977), "Fam. Linyphiidae", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV, p. 182
- ^ Hull, J. E. (1911). "Papers on spiders". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland. 3 (3): 573–590.