Otiothops

Otiothops
Temporal range:
Otiothops sp. in Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Palpimanidae
Genus: Otiothops
MacLeay, 1839[1]
Type species
O. walckenaeri
MacLeay, 1839
Species

47, see text

Synonyms[1]

Otiothops is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839.[3]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in South America, the Caribbean, and Panama:[1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes 47 species:[1]

  • Otiothops alayoni Cala-Riquelme & Agnarsson, 2014Cuba
  • Otiothops amazonicus Simon, 1887Colombia, Brazil
  • Otiothops atalaia Castro, Baptista, Grismado & Ramírez, 2015 – Brazil
  • Otiothops atlanticus Platnick, Grismado & Ramírez, 1999 – Brazil
  • Otiothops baculus Platnick, 1975 – Brazil
  • Otiothops besotes Cala-Riquelme & Agnarsson, 2018 – Colombia
  • Otiothops birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Otiothops brevis Simon, 1893Venezuela
  • Otiothops calcaratus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Colombia
  • Otiothops chicaque Cala-Riquelme, Quijano-Cuervo & Agnarsson, 2018 – Colombia
  • Otiothops clavus Platnick, 1975 – Brazil
  • Otiothops contus Platnick, 1975 – Brazil
  • Otiothops curua Brescovit, Bonaldo & Barreiros, 2007 – Brazil
  • Otiothops doctorstrange Cala-Riquelme & Quijano-Cuervo, 2018 – Colombia
  • Otiothops dubius Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
  • Otiothops facis Platnick, 1975 – Brazil
  • Otiothops franzi Wunderlich, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Otiothops fulvus (Mello-Leitão, 1932) – Brazil
  • Otiothops germaini Simon, 1927 – Brazil
  • Otiothops giralunas Grismado, 2002Guyana
  • Otiothops goloboffi Grismado, 1996 – Argentina
  • Otiothops gounellei Simon, 1887 – Brazil
  • Otiothops goytacaz Castro, Baptista, Grismado & Ramírez, 2015 – Brazil
  • Otiothops helena Brescovit & Bonaldo, 1993 – Brazil
  • Otiothops hoeferi Brescovit & Bonaldo, 1993 – Brazil
  • Otiothops iguazu Grismado, 2008 – Argentina
  • Otiothops inflatus Platnick, 1975Paraguay, Argentina
  • Otiothops intortus Platnick, 1975Trinidad
  • Otiothops kathiae Piacentini, Ávila, Pérez & Grismado, 2013Bolivia
  • Otiothops kochalkai Platnick, 1978 – Colombia
  • Otiothops lajeado Buckup & Ott, 2004 – Brazil
  • Otiothops loris Platnick, 1975Peru
  • Otiothops luteus (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Otiothops macleayi Banks, 1929Panama, Colombia
  • Otiothops naokii Piacentini, Ávila, Pérez & Grismado, 2013 – Bolivia
  • Otiothops oblongus Simon, 1892St. Vincent, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
  • Otiothops payak Grismado & Ramírez, 2002 – Argentina
  • Otiothops pentucus Chickering, 1968Virgin Islands
  • Otiothops pilleus Platnick, 1975 – Brazil
  • Otiothops platnicki Wunderlich, 1999 – Brazil
  • Otiothops puraquequara Brescovit, Bonaldo & Barreiros, 2007 – Brazil
  • Otiothops recurvus Platnick, 1976 – Brazil
  • Otiothops setosus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
  • Otiothops typicus (Mello-Leitão, 1927) – Brazil
  • Otiothops vaupes Cala-Riquelme, Quijano-Cuervo & Agnarsson, 2018 – Colombia
  • Otiothops walckenaeri MacLeay, 1839Bahama Islands, Cuba
  • Otiothops whitticki Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Guyana

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. MacLeay, 1839". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  2. ^ Platnick, N. I. (1975). "A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae)". American Museum Novitates (2562): 5.
  3. ^ MacLeay, W. S. (1839). "On some new forms of Arachnida". Annals of Natural History. 2 (7): 1–2.