Ostearius Explained

Ostearius is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.^[1]

Species

it contains two species:^[2]

• Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) (type) – South America. Introduced to Europe, Canary Is., Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, China and New Zealand
• Ostearius muticus Gao, Gao & Zhu, 1994 – China

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Hull. J. E.. 1911. Papers on spiders. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland. 573–590. 3. 3.
2. Gen. Ostearius Hull, 1911. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-17. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.