Goblin Spiders

Opopaea Simon, 1892

Type species: Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1892

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 783

(after Baehr et al. 2013): The swollen male palpal patella of Opopaea which arises subbasally on the femur is also found in Camptoscaphiella, Malagiella and Prethopalpus; they differ from Opopaea by the presence of legs spines in Camptoscaphiella and Malagiella, and the unfused cymbium and bulb in Camptoscaphiella and Prethopalpus. Opopaea females and males have a pair of small dorsolateral, triangular extensions on the pedicel as well as paired curved scutal ridges on the scuto-pedicel region. Females of Opopaea share with Prethopalpus the paddle-like sclerite (PSc) and the nail-like structure (Na), but lack the single, central receptaculum.