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Ostearius is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyLinyphiidae
Observations recorded4,562

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
145
Family
Linyphiidae
Collections
ARC-PPRI
Recorded in
South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Linyphiidae
Image
Ostearius melanopygius male.jpg
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Commons category
Ostearius
taxon name
Ostearius
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Ostearius
taxon author citation
Hull, 1911
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Ostearius is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.

==Species== , this genus includes two species: Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – South America. Introduced to Canada, St. Helena, Europe, Canary Is. to Turkey and Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand (type species) Ostearius muticus J. C. Gao, Y. Q. Gao & Zhu, 1994 – China

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