Opas

Opas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Opas Pickard-Cambridge^[1]
Type species
Opas lugens
Species
6, see text

Opas is a genus of spiders in the Tetragnathidae family. It was first described in 1896 by O. Pickard-Cambridge. As of 2017, it contains 6 species.^[1]

Species

Opas comprises the following species:^[1]

Opas caudacuta (Taczanowski, 1873)
Opas caudata (Mello-Leitão, 1944)
Opas lugens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Opas melanoleuca (Mello-Leitão, 1944)
Opas paranensis (Mello-Leitão, 1937)
Opas trilineata (Mello-Leitão, 1940)

References

1 2 3 "Tetragnathidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

Extant Araneae families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida

Suborder Mesothelae
Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)

Suborder Opisthothelae

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