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]

Orsinome
Orsinome vethi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Orsinome
Thorell, 1890[1]
Type species
O. vethi
(Hasselt, 1882)
Species

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Species

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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 (4): 139. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00692.x.