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Genus: Orchestina Simon, 1882 | Family: Oonopidae Simon, 1890

Orchestina manicata Simon, 1893

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005114

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka, Vietnam?

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Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 7m 13f - (Dalmas, 1916)

Taxonomic References

Orchestina manicata Simon, 1893a: 294

Orchestina manicata Simon, 1893f: 248 (Dmf) Original description

Orchestina manicata Dalmas, 1916: 228, f. 20 (m)

Orchestina manicata Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2025a: 121, f. 3A-F, 4A-B (mf)

References

Dalmas, R. de (1916). Révision du genre Orchestina E.S., suive de la description de nouvelles espèces du genre Oonops et d'une étude sur les Dictynidae du genre Scotolathys. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 85: 203-258. -- Show included taxa

Ranasinghe, S. & Benjamin, S. P. (2025a). Phylogenetic position and redescription of Orchestina manicata Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Oonopidae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11(1): 117-127. doi: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.117 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893f). Descriptions de quelques arachnides appartenant aux familles des Leptonetidae et Oonopidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62(Bull.): 247-248. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2025a
2025-01-07	Species distribution update	Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2025a	Old value