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Oecobius
| Description | Wall spider is the common name for members of the genus Oecobius. The members of these several species are all very small spiders that make small flat webs over crevices in walls and in similar spaces. They possess an organ called a cribellum, which is a kind of comb-like device used to separate fibers of silk drawn from its spinnerets into many extremely fine fibers. Those fibers are so small in diameter that prey insects easily become entangled in them. The spiders then bite them before they can get away. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oecobius, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oecobiidae : Oecobius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | wall spider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Oecobius Lucas, 1846 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Lucas, Pierre H. 1846. Crustacés, Arachnides, Myriapodes et Hexapodes. Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie Zoologie: Animaux articulés: pt.1: i-xxxv; 1-403. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Arachnida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arachnida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Xiphosurida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Xiphosura) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Arachnida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Penney. 2002. Spiders in Upper Cretaceous amber from New Jersey (Arthropoda: Araneae). Palaeontology 45(4):709-724 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Wall Spider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oecobius |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Oecobius achimota species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius aculeatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius affinis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius agaetensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius albipunctatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius alhoutyae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius amboseli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius annulipes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius ashmolei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius beatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius bracae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius brachyplura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius bumerang species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius caesaris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius cambridgei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius camposi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius cellariorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius chiasma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius civitas species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius concinnus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius culiacanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius cumbrecita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius cumbretica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius depressus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius dolosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius doryphorus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius duplex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius eberhardi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius erjosensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius fahimii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius ferdowsii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius fortaleza species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius fuerterotensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius furcula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius gomerensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius hayensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius hidalgoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius hierroensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius hoffmannae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius idolator species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius iguestensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius ilamensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius incertus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius infierno species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius infringens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius interpellator species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius isolatoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius isolatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius juangarcia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius kowalskii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius lampeli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius latiscapus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius linguiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius longiscapus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius machadoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius maculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius marathaus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius maritimus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius nadiae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius navus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius palmensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius parapsammophilus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius pasteuri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius paulomaculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius persimilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius petronius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius piaxtla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius piliformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Oecobius pinoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius przewalskyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius psammophilus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius pseudodepressus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius putus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius rhodiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius rioensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius rivula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius rugosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius selvagensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius sheari species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius similis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius simillimus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius sinescapus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius sombrero species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius tadzhikus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius tasarticoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius teliger species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius templi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius tibesti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius trimaculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecobius unicoloripes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Thalamia Hentz, 1850 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oecobiidae : Thalamia |
| Maitreja Lehtinen, 1967 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oecobiidae : Maitreja |
| Omanus Thorell, 1869 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oecobiidae : Omanus |
| Aecobius Lucas, 1846 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oecobiidae : Aecobius |
| Ambika Lehtinen, 1967 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oecobiidae : Ambika |
| Tarapaca Lehtinen, 1967 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Oecobiidae : Tarapaca |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1846 | Oecobius Lucas |
| 2002 | Oecobius Penney |
| 2013 | Oecobius Dunlop et al. |
| 2017 | Oecobius Wheeler et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
