''Orthonops'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
North America
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n
araneomorph spiders in the family
Caponiidae
Caponiidae is a family of ecribellate haplogyne spiders that are unusual in a number of ways. They differ from other spiders in lacking book lungs and having the posterior median spinnerets anteriorly displaced to form a transverse row with the a ...
, first described by
R. V. Chamberlin in 1924.
Species
it contains 10 species in the southwest
United States
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and
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
:
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Orthonops confuso''
(Galán-Sánchez & Álvarez-Padilla, 2022) – Mexico
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Orthonops gertschi''
Chamberlin, 1928 – USA
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Orthonops giulianii''
Platnick, 1995 – USA
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Orthonops icenoglei''
Platnick, 1995 – USA, Mexico
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Orthonops iviei''
Platnick, 1995 – USA
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Orthonops johnsoni''
Platnick, 1995 – USA
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Orthonops lapanus''
Gertsch
Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
Gertsch was born ...
& Mulaik, 1940 – USA
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Orthonops ovalis
''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-S ...
''
( Banks, 1898) – Mexico
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Orthonops overtus''
Chamberlin, 1924 (
type
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) – Mexico
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Orthonops zebra''
Platnick, 1995 – USA
References
External links
''Orthonops''at
BugGuide
Araneomorphae genera
Caponiidae
Spiders of Mexico
Spiders of the United States
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