THE GENUS OONOPS (ARANEAE, OONOPIDAE) 
IN PANAMA 
AND THE WEST INDIES. PART 1 
By Arthur M. Chickering 
Museum of Comparative Zoology 
This is the sixth paper in the series planned for publication on 
the various genera in the Family Oonopidae in Central America and 
the West Indies. The genus Oonops appears to include many more 
species than any other genus now believed to occur in the region 
under study at the present time. For this reason the treatment of the 
genus in this region will be divided into two or three separate papers. 
The present one will include all species at present known to occur 
in Panama, Trinidad, W. I. and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. 
Again, I am taking this opportunity to express my appreciation 
for the continued aid and encouragement extended to me by the staff 
of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University , over 
a period of many years. Grants GB-1801 and GB-5013 from the 
National Science Foundation have aided me in carrying on extensive 
collecting activities in Panama, Costa Rica, Florida and the West 
Indies during the years 1963-1968 and in continuing my studies in 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology during this period. 
All types described in this paper together with my entire collection 
of specimens treated here will be deposited in the Museum of Com- 
parative Zoology, Harvard University. 
Genus Oonops Templeton, 1835 
The type species is Oonops pulcher Templeton, 1835, by mono- 
typy, based upon both males and females from Belfast, Ireland. 
Simon was the first to describe species belonging to this genus in the 
Western Hemisphere. Between 1891 and 1907 Simon described 
several species from St. Vincent, B. W. I., Brazil, Venezuela and 
Argentina. Since that time several additional species have been 
described from Bermuda, Florida, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, 
Texas, Mexico, Panama and Brazil. Dr. Petrunkevitch had one 
species from Panama in 1925 and in 1951 I recognized two addi- 
tional species from the same region. Since 1951 the specimens 
assigned to this genus have been increasing with each of my collecting 
trips in Panama and other nearby regions. 
As in my treatment of the genus Stenoonops (1969) I must con- 
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