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Orchestina spp.

Orchestina is a genus of very small Oonopid spiders with an enlarged femur on leg IV. The male is about .6mm, the female .8mm. They are relatively common in moist warm areas like sub-tropical rainforest. They are one spider in this family without a sclerotized scute on the abdomen (clam shell). The mail has extraordinarily large palpal organs. These spiders have six eyes, and are mostly yellow-brown.

Female adult facing


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Female adult underneath


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Female adult side view

Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male adult facing


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male adult side view


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male adult underneath


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male adult palp


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male adult 2 facing


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male adult 2 palp

Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male adult 2 palp


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male 18710 from below


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male 18710 facing


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Male 18710 palp


Orchestina
Photo: Robert Whyte

Orchestina sp. Lamington NP


Orchestina
Photo: Barbara Baehr

Orchestina sp. 2 Lamington NP


Orchestina
Photo: Barbara Baehr

 
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