''Blanioonops'' is a genus of spiders in the family

Oonopidae Oonopidae, also known as goblin spiders, is a family of spiders consisting of over 1,600 described species in about 113 genera worldwide, with total species diversity estimated at 2000 to 2500 species. The type genus of the family is ''Oonops'' Ke ...

. It was first described in 1922 by Simon & Fage. , it contains only one species, ''Blanioonops patellaris'', found in

East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the histori ...

Description

The male is unknown. The female has a

cephalothorax The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''ceph ...

that is one-and-a-half times as long as wide and weakly convex dorsally. It has no eyes. It is about 1mm long. The cephalothorax, appendages and

sternum The sternum or breastbone is a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest. It connects to the ribs via cartilage and forms the front of the rib cage, thus helping to protect the heart, lungs, and major blood vessels from injury. ...

are tawny. The

abdomen The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates. The abdomen is the front part of the abdominal segment of the tors ...

is whitish. The dorsal side of the

chelicera The chelicerae () are the mouthparts of the subphylum Chelicerata, an arthropod group that includes arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. Commonly referred to as " jaws", chelicerae may be shaped as either articulated fangs, or similarly ...

e are adorned with a series of simple hairs with a row of feathery, thick hairs.Simon, E. & Fage, L. (1922). ''Araneae des grottes de l'Afrique orientale.'' In: Biospeologica, XLIV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 60, 523-555.

References

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