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Genus: Opopaea Simon, 1892 | Family: Oonopidae Simon, 1890

Opopaea speciosa Lawrence, 1952

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Described:

Distribution: Cabo Verde, South Africa, Yemen

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Holotype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa m (5653) - (Lawrence, 1952a)

Taxonomic References

Gamasomorpha speciosa Lawrence, 1952a: 189, f. 12-14 (Dm) Original description

Opopaea speciosa Brignoli, 1975a: 230 (Tm from Gamasomorpha)

Opopaea speciosa Saaristo & van Harten, 2006: 142, f. 42-45 (m, Df)

Opopaea speciosa Saaristo & Marusik, 2008: 36, f. 94-97 (mf)

References

Brignoli, P. M. (1975a). Ragni del Libano. I. Note su Opopaea punctata (O. Pickard Cambridge, 1872) ed altre specie dello stesso genere (Araneae, Oonopidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 11: 223-233. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1952a). New spiders from the eastern half of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 12: 183-226. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. & Harten, A. van (2006). The oonopid spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) of mainland Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 21: 127-157. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. & Marusik, Y. M. (2008). A survey of African Opopaea Simon, 1891 (Arachnida, Aranei, Oonopidae). Arthropoda Selecta 17: 17-53. -- Show included taxa

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Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-04-01	Species distribution update		Old value