Oonopidae

Breitling, Rainer, 2021, A completely resolved phylogenetic tree of British spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), Ecologica Montenegrina 46, pp. 1-51 : 27

Oonopidae

Despite recent concerted efforts to expand our knowledge of oonopid biodiversity, most notably the Goblin Spider Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (http://research.amnh.org/oonopidae/), our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships within the group remains pitifully poor. Busschere et al. (2014) include the British genera in their analysis, but the resolution of their tree is low and the phylogeny preferred here has only low support. Orchestina dubia could be a considered a phantom species following the definition by Breitling et al. (2015, 2016). In contrast to other phantom species mentioned here, there remains a distinct possibility it will turn out to be a valid species, and it is therefore included in the tree for completeness.