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Drietandhooiwagen

Oligolophus tridens

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Drietandhooiwagen, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Oligolophus tridens is a species of harvestman. It is found in central Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,254iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 11 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,254 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1836 (190 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Drietandhooiwagen
scientific name
Oligolophus tridens
class
Arachnida
order
Opiliones
family
Phalangiidae
sightings in NL
11
sightings in Europe
907
sightings worldwide
2,254
GBIF records in NL
771
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1836 by Carl Ludwig Koch

relatives· Phalangiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 527479, Wikidata Q2017805, GBIF 4553538, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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