Ostearius melanopygius is a species of sheetweb spider in the family Linyphiidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in South America, and within a range from the Canary Islands to Egypt and Turkey, South Africa, China, and New Zealand. It has been introduced into Europe, as well.[6]
References
- ^ "Ostearius melanopygius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "Ostearius melanopygius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "Ostearius melanopygius". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "Ostearius melanopygius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "Ostearius melanopygius Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Ostearius melanopygius". Retrieved 2018-03-31.
Further reading
- Adams, Richard J.; Manolis, Timothy D. (2014). Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States (California Natural History Guides). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520276611.
- Bradley, Richard A. (2012). Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520274884.
- Dean, D.A. (2016). "Catalogue of Texas spiders". ZooKeys (570): 1–703. doi:10.3897/zookeys.570.6095. PMC 4829797. PMID 27103878.
- Foelix, Rainer F. (2010). Biology of Spiders (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199734825.
- Griswold, Charles E.; Audisio, Tracy; Ledford, Joel M. (2012). "An extraordinary new family of spiders from caves in the Pacific Northwest (Araneae, Trogloraptoridae, new family)". ZooKeys (215): 77–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.215.3547. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3428790. PMID 22936872.
- Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 978-0877192640.
- Ubick, D.; Paquin, P.; Cushing, P.E.; Roth, V., eds. (2005). Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society. ISBN 978-0977143900.
- Wheeler, W.C.; Coddington, J.A.; Crowley, L.M.; Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2016). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 576–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. PMID 34724759. S2CID 35535038.
External links
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