Gen.
Opopaea Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00534 ]
N.B.: not a senior synonym of Diblemma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908 (Saaristo, 2001a: 314, contra Chickering, in Shear, 1978: 8); considered a senior synonym of Myrmecoscaphiella Mello-Leitão, 1926b: 1 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00527] (type M. borgmeyeri Mello-Leitão, 1926 = Opopaea concolor (Blackwall, 1859)) by Platnick & Dupérré, 2009a: 3 and of Epectris Simon, 1893d: 74 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00515] (type E. apicalis Simon, 1893d: 74) by Baehr et al., 2013: 109; Epectris considered a senior synonym of Nale Saaristo & Marusik, 2008: 39 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03871] (type Opopaea lena Suman, 1965 = Opopaea apicalis (Simon, 1893)) by Platnick & Dupérré, 2009a: 29).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-08-29
2024-08-29
Described in
Simon, 1892e: 560 (type Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1892; gender feminine)
Simon, 1892e: 560 (type Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1892; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 190 | accepted |
| 15 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen nudum |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1892e). On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 59(4, 1891): 549-575, pl. 42. [published in April 1892, after Duncan, 1937] 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-11 | Genus updated | Error corrected (Old value) |