Otiothops is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839.[3]

Otiothops
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Palpimanidae
Genus: Otiothops
MacLeay, 1839[1]
Type species
O. walckenaeri
MacLeay, 1839
Species

48, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains forty-eight species, found in South America, the Caribbean, India, and Panama:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Otiothops MacLeay, 1839". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Platnick, N. I. (1975). "A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae)". American Museum Novitates (2562): 5.
  3. ^ MacLeay, W. S. (1839). "On some new forms of Arachnida". Annals of Natural History. 2 (7): 1–2.