title: Octonoba
text: # Octonoba
  
  Octonoba is a genus of Asian cribellate orb weavers first described in 1979 by Brent Opell. Members of this genus and those of Purumitra both have a large concave median apophysis and a conspicuous hematodocha. However, these spiders are generally much larger, with a carapace greater than 1.4 millimeters long, where those of Purumitra are usually less than 1 millimeter long.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of 2022, it contains 33 species:
  
  * Octonoba albicola Yoshida, 2012 – Taiwan
  * Octonoba ampliata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
  * Octonoba aurita Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
  * Octonoba basuensis Hu, 2001 – China
  * Octonoba bicornuta Seo, 2018 – Korea
  * Octonoba biforata Zhu, Sha & Chen, 1989 – China
  * Octonoba dentata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
  * Octonoba digitata Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
  * Octonoba grandiconcava Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
  * Octonoba grandiprojecta Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
  * Octonoba kentingensis Yoshida, 2012 – Taiwan
  * Octonoba lanyuensis Yoshida, 2012 – Taiwan
  * Octonoba longshanensis Xie, Peng, Zhang, Gong & Kim, 1997 – China
  * Octonoba okinawensis Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Okinawa)
  * Octonoba paralongshanensis Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
  * Octonoba paravarians Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
  * Octonoba rimosa Yoshida, 1983 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
  * Octonoba sanyanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China (Hainan)
  * Octonoba senkakuensis Yoshida, 1983 – Japan
  * Octonoba serratula Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 – China
  * Octonoba sinensis (Simon, 1880) – China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to USA
  * Octonoba spinosa Yoshida, 1982 – Taiwan
  * Octonoba sybotides (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan
  * Octonoba taiwanica Yoshida, 1982 – Taiwan
  * Octonoba tanakai Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
  * Octonoba uncinata Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
  * Octonoba varians (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan
  * Octonoba wanlessi Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 – China
  * Octonoba xihua Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China (Hainan)
  * Octonoba yaeyamensis Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
  * Octonoba yaginumai Yoshida, 1981 – Japan (Okinawa)
  * Octonoba yesoensis (Saito, 1934) – Caucasus, Russia (Far East), Iran to Japan
  * Octonoba yoshidai Tanikawa, 2006 – Japan
  