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Orchestina

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Orchestina is a spider genus in the family Oonopidae. There are 71 accepted species in the genus.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2140251	https://www.gbif.org/species/2140251
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	190473	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=190473

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oonopidae : Orchestina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
-	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
-	Prosomapoda	Lamsdell 2013
class	Xiphosura
order	Xiphosurida	Latreille 1802
-	Planaterga	Lamsdell 2013
-	Dekatriata	Lamsdell 2013
-	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
-	Pantetrapulmonata	Shultz 2007
subclass	Tetrapulmonata	Schultz 1990
-	Serikodiastida	Garwood and Dunlop 2014
order	Araneae	Clerck 1757
suborder	Opisthothelae	Pocock 1892
infraorder	Araneomorphae	Smith 1902
-	Synspermiata	Michalik and Ramírez 2014
superfamily	Dysderoidea	Bristowe 1938
family	Oonopidae	Simon 1890
subfamily	Orchestininae	Chamberlin and Ivie 1942
genus	Orchestina	Simon 1882

Scientific Name

Orchestina Simon, 1882

Name Published In

Simon, Eugène. 1882. Études Arachnologiques. 13e Mémoire (1). XX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Dysderidæ. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Séries 1-6 (6) 2: 201–240.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Orchestina	genus	belongs to Oonopidae	stated without evidence	Penney, 2004
Orchestina	genus	belongs to Oonopidae	stated with evidence	Dunlop et al., 2013
Orchestina	genus	belongs to Orchestininae	stated with evidence	Wunderlich, 2015
Orchestina	genus	belongs to Oonopidae	stated without evidence	Wheeler et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (2.8%)

First Recorded Appearance

112 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Arachnida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arachnida)

Vision

limited (based on Xiphosurida)

Diet

carnivore (based on Xiphosura)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Arachnida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Penney. 2004. New spiders in Upper Cretaceous amber from New Jersey in the American Museum of Natural History (Arthropoda: Araneae). Palaeontology 47(2):367-375

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestina

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Orchestina (Baltorchestina) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		24	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina (Gallorchestina) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Orchestina acaciae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina aerumnae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina algerica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina ampulla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina andianavarroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina apiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina aproeste species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina arabica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina aragua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina arboleda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina atocongo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina auburndalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina aureola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina baltica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina bedu species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina bialata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina bitterfeldensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina bolivar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina bonaldoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina breviembolus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina brevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina cachai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina cajamarca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina caleta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina cali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina campana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina catarina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina caxiuana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina chaparrita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina chiriqui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina cincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina clavigera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina clavulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina coari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina cochlembolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina codalmasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina colombiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Orchestina comaina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina communis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina cornuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina crassiembolus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina crassipatellaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina crassitibialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina cristinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina crypta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina curico species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina dalmasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina debakkeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina dentifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina divisor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina dominicana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Orchestina dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina ebriola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina ecuatorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina erwini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina fannesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina fernandina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina filandia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina flagella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina flava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina foa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina forceps ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina forfex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina fractipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina furca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina furcillata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina fushuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina fushunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Orchestina galapagos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina gappi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Orchestina gibbotibialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina gigabulbus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina goblin species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina golem species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina gracilitibialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina gracilitibiatis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina granizo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina grismadoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina griswoldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina guatemala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina hammamali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina iemanja species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina imperialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina infirma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina intricata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina itapety species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina jaiba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina juruti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina justini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina kairi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina kamehameha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina kasuku species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina kenyana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Orchestina labarquei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina lahj species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina lanceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina laselva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina launcestoniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina leon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina longimana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Orchestina longipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina losamigos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina luispi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina macrofoliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina madagascariensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Orchestina madrededios species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina magna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina mancocapac species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina manicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina maracay species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina maureen species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina mayo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina microfoliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina minutissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina moaba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina molles species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina mortua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Orchestina moura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina moyuchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina multipunctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina multisetae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina nadleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina nahuatl species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina nahuelbuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina neblina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina obscura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina okitsui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina osorno species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina otonga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pakitza species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pan species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pandeazucar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina para species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina parisiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina paupercula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pavesii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pavesiiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina perfecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pilifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pizarroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina platnicki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina predator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina probosciformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina pusilla ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina quasimodo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina quenies species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina quijos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina rabagensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Orchestina ranchogrande species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina rapaz species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina rectangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina retiro species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina saaristoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sakhalinensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Orchestina saltabunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina saltitans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sanguinea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina santodomingo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sarava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina saudade species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sechellorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sedotmikha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina setosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina shuar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina silvae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina simoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sotoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina sternalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina storozhenkoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina striata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina taruma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina thoracica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina tibialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Orchestina topcui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina totoralillo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina truncata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Orchestina truncatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina tuberosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Orchestina tubifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina tubulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina tzantza species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina ucumar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina utahana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina vainuia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina valquiria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina venezuela species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina waorani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina yanayacu species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina yinggezui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina zhengi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orchestina zingara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Gallorchestina Wunderlich, 2008	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oonopidae : *Gallorchestina*
Baltorchestina Wunderlich, 2008	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oonopidae : *Baltorchestina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Orchestina Smith
2004	Orchestina Penney
2013	Orchestina Dunlop et al.
2015	Orchestina Wunderlich p. 141
2017	Orchestina Wheeler et al.

References

Penney D. (2004) New spiders in Upper Cretaceous amber from New Jersey in the American Museum of Natural History (Arthropoda: Araneae), Palaeontology 47 2, 367-375

Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History

Wunderlich J. (2015) On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae), Mesozoic Spiders (Araneae): Ancient Spider Faunas and Spider Evolution, Beiträge zur Araneologie 9, 21-408

Wheeler W. C., Coddington J. A., et al (2017) The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling, Cladistics 33, 574-616

Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6) 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included species - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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