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

Opopaea media Song & Xu, 1984

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005089

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Huangshan University (HSU) [= Huizhou Teachers College], Huangshan, China f - (Song & Xu, 1984)
Allotype: Huangshan University (HSU) [= Huizhou Teachers College], Huangshan, China m - (Song & Xu, 1984)
Paratype: Huangshan University (HSU) [= Huizhou Teachers College], Huangshan, China 8m 8f - (Song & Xu, 1984)

Taxonomic References

Opopaea medius Song & Xu, 1984: 362, f. 3-5 (Dmf) Original description

Opopaea medius Song, 1987: 94, f. 57 (mf)

Opopaea medius Chen & Zhang, 1991: 67, f. 59.1-3 (mf)

Opopaea medius Song, 1992: 338, f. 178A-C (m)

Opopaea media Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 69, f. 28Q-R (mf)

References

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991). Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Xu, Y. J. (1984). Two new species of oonopid spiders from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 9: 361-363. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (1987). Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House Beijing, 376 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (1992). Araneae. In: Yin, W. Y. (ed.) Subtropical soil animals of China. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 332-358. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-02-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Song, 1992