Pereira, Maria Paula;Labarque, Facundo Martín
Predatoroonops
Sign in to savePredatoroonops is a genus of goblin spiders endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The genus is characterized by the extremely modified male chelicerae and long pairs of ventral spines. It is the first fully revised endemic Brazilian genus of spiders, uncovered in 2012 after two and a half years of research at São Paulo's Instituto Butantan.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Predatoroonops is referenced by 50 other articles, and connects out to genus, Predator and Brazil.
It sits within the topics Araneomorphae genera, Oonopidae and Predator (franchise).
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyOonopidae
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Predatoroonops is a genus of goblin spiders endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The genus is characterized by the extremely modified male chelicerae and long pairs of ventral spines. It is the first fully revised endemic Brazilian genus of spiders, uncovered in 2012 after two and a half years of research at São Paulo's Instituto Butantan.
The generic name is in honor of the Predator from the eponymous 1987 film, as the researchers found the spiders' chelicerae similar to the creature's unmasked face. All the specific names of the genus reference the film's cast, crew or fictional elements.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Predatoroonops” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.