Spinestis is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae, which resembles Tapinesthis and Megaoonops.[2] The genus has a single species, Spinestis nikita. These are found to be distributed in and around the southern shores of Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine.[2]
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| Female Spinestis nikita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Spinestis Saaristo & Marusik, 2009[1] |
| Species: | S. nikita
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| Spinestis nikita Saaristo & Marusik, 2009[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Spinestis Saaristo & Marusik, 2009", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-25
- ^ a b Saaristo, M.; Marusik, Yuri (2009). "A new species and genus of oonopid spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Ukraine". ZooKeys (24): 63–74. Bibcode:2009ZooK...24...63S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.24.278.