Tags: Arachnid.
The spider family Oonopidae commonly known as goblin spiders includes over 2000 species in about 88 genera worldwide. The type genus of the family is Oonops Keyserling 1835. They are generally tiny (1-3 mm) haplogyne araneomorph spiders. Some have hardened plates (scuta) on their abdomens. Oonopids usually have six eyes the anterior median eyes having been lost. However four-eyed (Opopaea viamao) two-eyed (e.g. Coxapopha Diblemma) and even completely eyeless species (e.g.