Black-rumped Boxing-gloved Goblin
This species differs from other Opopaea in Singapore by having a distinct dark spot on the posterior dorsum and by having different characteristics of the sexual organs. Unlike the two preceding species, the roof of the cephalic region does not bear any tubercles, but is furnished with some short and weak spines.
| Length | ♀ 1–2 mm; ♂ 1–2 mm |
| Type Locality | Antipolo, Luzon, Philippines |
| Distribution | Cosmopolitan, including Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Thailand, Philippines. |
| Habitat | In forest leaf litter. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Epectris apicalis
Simon, 1893a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 301 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Epectris apicalis (Original description ♀)
Opopaea lena (Original description ♂♀)
Suman, 1965 Spiders of the family Oonopidae in Hawaii: 227, f. 9-14
Gamasomorpha ladiguei (Original description ♂♀)
Benoit, 1979a Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P: 198, f. 4A-D
Opopaea mortenseni (Original description ♀)
Brignoli, 1980m Two new Haplogynae from Thailand (Araneae): 6, f. 3
Opopaea lena (♂♀, Synonym of Gamasomorpha ladiguei and Opopaea mortenseni)
Saaristo, 2001a Dwarf hunting spiders or Oonopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Seychelles: 337, f. 112A-C, 113-117 doi:10.1163/187631201X00236
Opopaea lena (♀)
Burger, Nentwig & Kropf, 2003 Complex genital structures indicate cryptic female choice in a haplogyne spider (Arachnida, Araneae, Oonopidae, Gamasomorphinae): 90, f. 23
Nale lena (♂♀)
Saaristo & Marusik, 2008 A survey of African Opopaea Simon, 1891 (Arachnida, Aranei, Oonopidae): 39, f. 112-118, 170-177, 179-185, 197, 201, 215, 229
Epectris apicalis (mf, Synonym of Nale lena)
Platnick & Dupérré, 2009a The goblin spider genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World: 30, f. 105-160 doi:10.1206/664.1
Epectris apicalis (♂♀)
Saaristo, 2010 Araneae: 138, f. 22.112-117
Epectris apicalis (♂♀)
Ono, 2011b Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Ogasawara Islands, Japan: 441, f. 13-18
Epectris apicalis (♀)
Zonstein & Marusik, 2017b A redescription of Chedima purpurea Simon, 1873, with notes on the unique copulative stopper mechanism in females (Aranei: Palpimanidae): 231, f. 4D doi:10.15298/arthsel.26.3.03
Opopaea apicalis (♂♀)
Tang et al., 2021 A checklist of spiders from Yongxing Island, South China Sea, with taxonomic notes on four species of goblin spiders: 5, f. 4A-E, 5A-B doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e67087
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Cosmopolitan, including Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Thailand, Philippines.