Orthonops
Chamberlin, 1924
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4Orthonops is a of North American araneomorph spiders 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 spider ( 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.