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Predatoroonops

Pereira, Maria Paula;Labarque, Facundo Martín

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Predatoroonops

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyOonopidae
Observations1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Oonopidae
Named after
Predator
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taxon name
Predatoroonops
taxon rank
genus
endemic to
Brazil
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