Orthonops
Chamberlin, 1924
Orthonops is a of North American araneomorph in the Caponiidae, established by R. V. Chamberlin in 1924. The genus contains 10 described distributed in the southwestern United States and Mexico. These spiders belong to a family characterized by reduced numbers and elongated .
Pronunciation
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Distribution
Southwestern United States and Mexico. Known from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and multiple Mexican states.
Misconceptions
The name 'Orthonops' has been used for both a ( Caponiidae) and as a specific epithet for a fish (Hemiodus orthonops, family Hemiodontidae). These are unrelated in completely different .
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Species diversity
As of April 2022, the contains 10 described : O. confuso, O. gertschi, O. giulianii, O. icenoglei, O. iviei, O. johnsoni, O. lapanus, O. ovalis, O. overtus (type species), and O. zebra.
Taxonomic note
The type is Orthonops overtus Chamberlin, 1924. Several species were described by Norman I. Platnick in 1995.