Blanioonops is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 1922 by Eugène Simon and Louis Fage. As of 2016[update], it contained only one species, Blanioonops patellaris, found in East Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Blanioonops Simon & Fage[1] |
| Species: | B. patellaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Blanioonops patellaris Simon & Fage, 1922
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Description
editThe male is unknown. The female has a cephalothorax that is 1.5 times as long as it is wide and weakly convex dorsally. It has no eyes. It is about 1 mm long. The cephalothorax, appendages and sternum are tawny. The abdomen is whitish. The dorsal side of the chelicerae is adorned with a series of simple hairs with a row of feathery, thick hairs.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Blanioonops Simon & Fage, 1922". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ Simon, E. & Fage, L. (1922). Araneae des grottes de l'Afrique orientale. In: Biospeologica, XLIV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 60, 523-555.