Octonoba

Octonoba
O. grandiprojecta, male
O. grandiprojecta, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Uloboridae
Genus:	Octonoba Opell
Type species
Octonoba sinensis
Species
33, see text

Octonoba is a genus of Asian cribellate orb weavers first described in 1979 by Brent Opell. Members of this genus and those of Purumitra both have a large concave median apophysis and a conspicuous hematodocha. However, these spiders are generally much larger, with a carapace greater than 1.4 millimeters long, where those of Purumitra are usually less than 1 millimeter long.

Species

As of 2022^[update], it contains 33 species:

• Octonoba albicola Yoshida, 2012 – Taiwan
• Octonoba ampliata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
• Octonoba aurita Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
• Octonoba basuensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Octonoba bicornuta Seo, 2018 – Korea
• Octonoba biforata Zhu, Sha & Chen, 1989 – China
• Octonoba dentata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
• Octonoba digitata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
• Octonoba grandiconcava Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Octonoba grandiprojecta Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Octonoba kentingensis Yoshida, 2012 – Taiwan
• Octonoba lanyuensis Yoshida, 2012 – Taiwan
• Octonoba longshanensis Xie, Peng, Zhang, Gong & Kim, 1997 – China
• Octonoba okinawensis Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Okinawa)
• Octonoba paralongshanensis Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
• Octonoba paravarians Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
• Octonoba rimosa Yoshida, 1983 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Octonoba sanyanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China (Hainan)
• Octonoba senkakuensis Yoshida, 1983 – Japan
• Octonoba serratula Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
• Octonoba sinensis (Simon, 1880) – China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to USA
• Octonoba spinosa Yoshida, 1982 – Taiwan
• Octonoba sybotides (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan
• Octonoba taiwanica Yoshida, 1982 – Taiwan
• Octonoba tanakai Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Octonoba uncinata Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Octonoba varians (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan
• Octonoba wanlessi Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 – China
• Octonoba xihua Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China (Hainan)
• Octonoba yaeyamensis Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Octonoba yaginumai Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Okinawa)
• Octonoba yesoensis (Saito, 1934) – Caucasus, Russia (Far East), Iran to Japan
• Octonoba yoshidai Tanikawa, 2006 – Japan

References