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Genus: Otiothops MacLeay, 1839 | Family: Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Otiothops baculus Platnick, 1975

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005552

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP/MZUSP), Brazil m - (Platnick, 1975a)

Taxonomic References

Otiothops baculus Platnick, 1975a: 9, f. 21-22 (Dm) Original description

Otiothops baculus Cardoso & Brescovit, 2026: 563, f. 6A-E (m)

References

Cardoso, G. G. & Brescovit, A. D. (2026). New species and records of Otiothops MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae, Palpimanidae) from caves of the Carajás region, state of Pará, Brazil. Zootaxa 5785(3): 557-568. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5785.3.8 -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. (1975a). A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum Novitates 2562: 1-32. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-04-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Cardoso & Brescovit, 2026
2026-03-31	Type repository inserted	Platnick, 1975a