Oonops

Oonops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Oonops
Templeton, 1835
Species

O. caecus
O. domesticus
O. leai
O. pulcher
O. triangulipes
 many others

Diversity
71 species

Oonops is a spider genus mostly found in America, Europe to Russia and East and North Africa. One species, O. pulcher, is not only found in Europe and North Africa, but also on Tasmania, although no species occurs on the Australian mainland. O. triangulipes is distributed in Micronesia. O. caecus is restricted to Lesotho, and O. leai is endemic to Lord Howe Island.

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