| Ostearius | |
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| O. melanopygius | |
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| male O. melanopygius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Ostearius Hull, 19111 |
| Type species | |
| O. melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
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| Species | |
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2, see text | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Ostearius is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.3
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes two species:1
- Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – South America. Introduced to Canada, St. Helena, Europe, Canary Is. to Turkey and Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand (type species)
- Ostearius muticus J. C. Gao, Y. Q. Gao & Zhu, 1994 – China
References
References
- "Gen. Ostearius Hull, 1911". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- Helsdingen, P. J. van (1977), "Fam. Linyphiidae", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV, p. 182
- Hull, J. E. (1911). "Papers on spiders". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland. 3 (3): 573–590.