World Spider Catalog

Family: Araneidae

Osmooka Kuntner, Yu & Bond, 2025

GENUS | ACCEPTED

Gender: feminine

N.B.: described in the Paraplectanoididae, but see the note at the family Araneidae.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06454

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Last updated: 2026-01-17

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 1

Taxonomic Reference

Original description Kuntner et al., 2025: 17 type Osmooka aphana Kuntner, Yu, Bedjanič, Gregorič, & Bond, 2025; gender feminine

Reference

Kuntner, M., Yu, K. P., Bedjanič, M., Gregorič, M., Turk, E., Čandek, K., Coddington, J. A., Agnarsson, I., Starrett, J. & Bond, J. E. (2025). Osmooka, a new spider genus from Madagascar: a surprising relative of the Australian fauna (Araneae: Paraplectanoididae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(6, ixaf050): 1-26, Suppl. 20 pp. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixaf050 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Kuntner et al., 2025
2026-01-17	New genus inserted	Kuntner et al., 2025

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