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Orsinome
Scientific classification e
: [[Template:Taxonomy/Orsinome]]
Thorell, 1890[1]
Type species
O. vethi
(Hasselt, 1882)
Species

13, see text

Orsinome is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890.[2] It is included in the Nanometa clade, defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with Eryciniolia and Nanometa.[3]

Species[edit | edit source]

As of March 2021 it contains thirteen species, found in Oceania, Asia, and on Madagascar:[1]

In synonymy:

  • O. listeri Gravely, 1921 = Orsinome vethi (Hasselt, 1882)
  • O. nepula (Tikader, 1970) = Orsinome vethi (Hasselt, 1882)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Orsinome Thorell, 1890". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. Thorell, T. (1890). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 28: 5–421.
  3. Álvarez-Padilla, F.; Hormiga, G. (2011). "Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162: 139.


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