Opopaea syarakui (Komatsu, 1967)

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Described:

Distribution: Korea, Japan, Taiwan

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Taxonomic References
Gamasomorpha syarakui Komatsu, 1967: 46, text-f. 1, f. 1-8 (Dm) Original description
Gamasomorpha syarakui Shinkai, 1969: 9, f. 1 (Df)
Opopaea syarakui Brignoli, 1974h: 83 (T from Gamasomorpha)
Opopaea syarakui Shinkai, 1978: 83, f. 5-10 (mf)
Opopaea sharakui Yaginuma, 1986a: 26, f. 16.5 (m)
Opopaea syarakui Ono, 2009a: 103, f. 48-51 (mf)
Opopaea syarakui Seo, 2010b: 52, f. 1-4 (mf)
Opopaea syarakui Suzuki, Hidaka & Tatsuta, 2023: 227, f. 5G-P (mf)
Opopaea syarakui Li & Tong, 2024: 24, f. 4A-H, 5A-H, 6A-K, 7C-D (mf)
Opopaea syarakui Suzuki & Suguro, 2024: 51, f. 1-3 (f)
Opopaea syarakui Hidaka, 2025: 58, f. 1-4 (m)
Opopaea syarakui Hino, Suzuki & Megumi, 2025: 106, f. 1A-B (mf)
Opopaea syarakui Suzuki et al., 2025: 43, f. 2G-H (m)
References

Brignoli, P. M. (1974h). On some Oonopidae from Japan and Formosa (Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 25(2): 73-85. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.25.73 -- Show included taxa

Hidaka, R. (2025). A list of spiders collected from Takehara-shi Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Kishidaia 126: 58-60. -- Show included taxa

Hino, Y., Suzuki, Y. & Megumi, K. (2025). A list of spiders collected from the mainland of Kagoshima, Japan. Kishidaia 126: 105-117. -- Show included taxa

Komatsu, T. (1967). Two new Japanese spiders (Gamasomorpha, Oonopidae and Leptoneta, Leptonetidae). Acta Arachnologica 20(2): 46-49. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.20.46 -- Show included taxa

Li, S. H. & Tong, Y. F. (2024). A newly-recorded species of the genus Opopaea Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Oonopidae) and first description on female of Opopaea sauteri Brignoli, 1974 from Taiwan, China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 33(1): 19-29. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005 9628.2024.01.003 -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (2009a). The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 739 pp. -- Show included taxa

Seo, B. K. (2010b). New record of the oonopid spider Opopaea syarakui (Komatsu, 1967) (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Korea. Journal of the Institute of Natural Sciences, Keimyung University 28(2): 51-54. -- Show included taxa

Shinkai, E. (1969). Spiders of Tokyo. Arachnological Society of East Asia Osaka, 65 pp. -- Show included taxa

Shinkai, E. (1978). Spiders of Hachioji City, Tokyo 1. List and distribution. Memoirs of the Education Institute for Private Schools in Japan, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 56: 79-109. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y., Hidaka, R. & Tatsuta, H. (2023). Revision of goblin spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) in the Nansei Islands, southwest Japan, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5323(2): 216-242. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.3 -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. & Suguro, T. (2024). First record of Opopaea syarakui from Iriomote-jima Island, Okinawa, Japan. Kishidaia 124: 51. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y., Hino, Y., Hirotsu, K., Tsuji, Y. & Bando, H. (2025). Checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, based on literature and newly collected specimens. Bulletin of the Tokushima Prefecture Museum 35: 1-84. -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co. Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-16 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki et al., 2025
2025-07-06 New taxonomic reference entry Hino, Suzuki & Megumi, 2025
2025-07-05 New taxonomic reference entry Hidaka, 2025
2025-01-23 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki & Suguro, 2024
2024-05-17 New taxonomic reference entry Li & Tong, 2024
2024-05-17 Species distribution update Li & Tong, 2024 Old value
2023-08-01 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki, Hidaka & Tatsuta, 2023
2015-12-16 New taxonomic reference entry Seo, 2010b
2015-12-16 Species distribution update Seo, 2010b Old value

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