Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 )

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2023, Survey of the Ethiopian linyphiid spider fauna. I. Subfamily Erigoninae (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae), Zootaxa 5346 (4), pp. 420-442 : 432-433

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3D23DF3F-6B66-4C60-BE3D-A98EA43F01C5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8390489
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A9879D-977E-FF83-FF62-F767D58E7BAD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 )
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Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) View in CoL View at ENA

Material. 1J ( ZMMU): ETHIOPIA, Addis-Ababa, Russian Embassy Area, 9.03519°N 38.78506°E, 2453 m a.s.l., grove with Acacia , palm trees, Eucalyptus , Juniperus , bushes, sifting litter, 13.X.2022, A. Tanasevitch leg. [Eth007].

Remarks. This cosmopolitan species seems to have been introduced to the embassy’s park, Addis-Ababa. Ostearius melanopygius is being recorded here from Ethiopia for the first time.