Kingdom Animalia Suborder Araneomorphae Genus Oonops Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | Class Arachnida Family Oonopidae Scientific name Oonops domesticus Rank Species | |
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Similar Oonops pulcher, Clubiona trivialis, Callobius claustrarius, Theridiosoma gemmosum, Drassyllus lutetianus | ||
Oonops domesticus is a tiny spider (males about 1.5 mm, females 2 mm) from Western Europe to Russia. It is of a bleak light red, with a reddish to whitish abdomen. It is found only in buildings, where it builds a retreat in corners and between old paper. It hunts at night, probably with booklice their common prey. The translucent flat egg sac contains only two eggs.
It is very similar to the closely related O. pulcher, but has five tibial spine pairs instead of four. O. pulcher is found outdoors.
Name
The species name domesticus is Latin for "home".
References
Oonops domesticus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA