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Deinopis
| Description | Deinopis, also known as net-casting spiders, gladiator spiders and ogre-faced spiders, is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839. Its distribution is widely tropical and subtropical. They catch their prey using a specially spun "net". The name is derived from the Greek δεινός (deinos), meaning "fearful", and opis, meaning "appearance", referring to their ogre-like faces. The spelling "Dinopis" is also found, but is regarded as an "unjustified emendation". From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinopis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Deinopidae : Deinopis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Deinopis MacLeay, 1838 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | MacLeay, William S. 1838. On some new forms of Arachnida. Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History' 2: 1-14. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | J. A. Dunlop, D. Penney, and D. Jekel. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In N. Platnick (ed.), The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinopis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Deinopis amica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis anchietae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis armaticeps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis aruensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis aspectans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis aurita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis biaculeata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis bituberculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis bucculenta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis camela species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis celebensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis cornigera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis cylindracea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis cylindrica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis diabolica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis fasciata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis fasciculigera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis fastigata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis giltayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis goalparaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis granadensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis guasca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis gubatmakiling species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis guianensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis guineensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis kollari species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis konplong species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis labangan species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis lamia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis liukuensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis longipalpula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis longipes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis luzonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis madagascariensis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Deinopis mediocris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis ornata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis pallida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis pardalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis plurituberculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis ravida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis reticulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis rodophthalma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis schomburgki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis schoutedeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis scrubjunglei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis seriata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis spinosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis subrufa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis tabida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis tuboculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deinopis unicolor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1839 | Deinopis MacLeay |
| 2013 | Deinopis Dunlop et al. |
| 2017 | Deinopis Wheeler et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
