Taxon details


Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-11-04
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012182]
  • Distribution: South America. Introduced to Canada, St. Helena, Europe, Canary Is. to Turkey and Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; m (4960 (vi)) (Locket, 1964)
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Ceratinopsis melanura Simon, 1908, (10361)
Taxonomic references
Linyphia melanopygia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880a: 696, pl. 53, f. 13 (Dm).
Erigone matei Keyserling, 1886b: 159, pl. 16, f. 224 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062086].
Erigone striaticeps Keyserling, 1886b: 209, f. 268 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010509].
Linyphia melanopygius Urquhart, 1887: 101 (Df).
Erigone atriventer Urquhart, 1887: 102 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062083].
Neriene analis Simon, 1894a: 667 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062082].
Microneta insulana Simon, 1900a: 461, pl. 13, f. 15 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062085].
Neriene arcuata Tullgren, 1901b: 200, pl. 16, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061794].
Neriene matei Tullgren, 1901b: 199, pl. 16, f. 1 (m).
Tmeticus nigricauda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908a: 141, pl. A-B, f. 35-41 (Dmf).
Ceratinopsis melanura Simon, 1908d: 416 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062088].
Oedothorax melanopygia Strand, 1909g: 553.
Oedothorax arcuatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 260.
Oedothorax matei Petrunkevitch, 1911: 263.
Ostearius nigricauda Hull, 1911a: 583.
Oedothorax melacra Chamberlin, 1916: 236, pl. 17, f. 6-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062087].
Erigone atriventris Bryant, 1933b: 19, pl. 3, f. 26 (f).
Scolopembolus melacrus Bishop & Crosby, 1938: 64, pl. 3, f. 16-17 (mf).
Oedothorax melanopygus Annen, 1941: 110, f. 2 (lapsus; cf. Nishikawa, 1977b: 362).
Ostearius melanopygius Denis & Dresco, 1946: 103, f. 1-5 (mf).
Haemathyphantes denisi Caporiacco, 1949a: 360, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062084].
Ostearius melanopygius Locket & Millidge, 1953: 326, f. 197D-G (mf).
Erigone striaticeps Roewer, 1955c: 1502 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium).
Ostearius melanopygius Oi, 1960a: 187, f. 196-199 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Oi, 1960b: 3, f. 1-4 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Wiehle, 1960b: 201, f. 8-15 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Holm, 1962: 186, f. 73a-d, pl. VI, f. 14 (mf, S of Oedothorax arcuatus and O. matei).
Ostearius melanopygius Merrett, 1963b: 411, f. 85A-C (m).
Ostearius melanopygius Ivie, 1967: 129 (S of Scolopembolus melacrus).
Ostearius melanopygius Miller, 1970: 145, pl. XLII, f. 1-3 (f).
Ostearius melanopygius van Helsdingen, 1973c: 8 (S of Microneta insulana).
Ostearius melanopygius Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 103, f. 65F (m).
Ostearius melanopygius Wunderlich, 1976c: 140 (S of Neriene analis).
Ostearius melanopygius van Helsdingen, 1977: 182 (S of Haemathyphantes denisi).
Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1977: 37, f. 149 (m).
Ostearius melanopygius Kaston, 1977: 23, f. 16-17 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Thaler, 1978a: 186, f. 18 (m).
Ostearius melanopygius Machado, 1982: 141 (S of Ceratinopsis melanura).
Ostearius melanopygius Seo & Sohn, 1984: 114, f. 6-11 (f).
Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1984b: 239, f. 19, 31 (f).
Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1985: 42, f. 158-163 (mf, S of Erigone atriventer).
Ostearius melanopygius Yaginuma, 1986a: 70, f. 37.3 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Roberts, 1987: 113, f. 55a (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Irie & Saito, 1987: 21, f. 15-16 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Millidge, 1988a: 61, f. 282-286 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Chikuni, 1989b: 53, f. 31 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 228, f. 610 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Pekar, 1994: 100, f. 5-7, 9 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Roberts, 1995: 350, f. (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Kronestedt, 1996: 11, unnumbered f. (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Agnarsson, 1996: 128, f. 137A-B (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Roberts, 1998: 362, f. (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Hormiga, 2000: 49, f. 22A-H, pl. 52A-F, 53A-F, 77D (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Hu, 2001: 531, f. 354.1-8 (mf).
Osterarius melanopygius Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 157, f. 91A-B (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Namkung, 2002: 172, f. 17.25a-b (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 146, f. 1612-1614 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Namkung, 2003: 174, f. 17.25a-b (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Bosmans, 2007: 136, f. 136-140 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Miller, 2007a: 30, f. 9I (f, S of Erigone striaticeps).
Ostearius melanopygius Bayram et al., 2007c: 83, f. 1b-c (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Pajunen, Terhivuo & Koponen, 2008: 111, f. 2a-b (f).
Ostearius melanopygius Ono, Matsuda & Saito, 2009: 308, f. 682-684 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 56, f. 31.9-10 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Rozwałka & Stachowicz, 2010: 159, f. 1 (f).
Ostearius melanopygius El-Hennawy et al., 2016: 64, f. 1-10 (mf).
Ostearius melanopygius Dippenaar-Schoeman, Haddad & Steenkamp, 2023: 18, f. 1-13 (mf).
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2023-10-10 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman, Haddad & Steenkamp, 2023 n/a
2023-10-10 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman, Haddad & Steenkamp, 2023 n/a (Old value)
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2019-09-28 Species distribution update Tanasevitch, 2019h n/a (Old value)
2016-11-21 New taxonomic reference entry Rozwałka & Stachowicz, 2010 n/a
2016-11-03 Species updated Error corrected (Old value)
2016-06-09 New taxonomic reference entry El-Hennawy et al., 2016 n/a