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Orthonops
Sign in to saveOrthonops is a genus of North American araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1924.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Caponiidae
- Collections
- NMMNHS, SDNHM, MPEG, USNM, INHS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caponiidae
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- taxon name
- Orthonops
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Orthonops overtus
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Orthonops is a genus of North American araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1924.
==Species== it contains 10 species in the southwest United States and Mexico: Orthonops confuso (Galán-Sánchez & Álvarez-Padilla, 2022) – Mexico Orthonops gertschi Chamberlin, 1928 – USA Orthonops giulianii Platnick, 1995 – USA Orthonops icenoglei Platnick, 1995 – USA, Mexico Orthonops iviei Platnick, 1995 – USA Orthonops johnsoni Platnick, 1995 – USA Orthonops lapanus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – USA Orthonops ovalis (Banks, 1898) – Mexico Orthonops overtus Chamberlin, 1924 (type) – Mexico Orthonops zebra Platnick, 1995 – USA
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