Origanates

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Origanates rostratus

| authority = (Emerton, 1882)

| parent_authority = Crosby & Bishop, 1933

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Origanates is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Origanates rostratus. It was first described by C. R. Crosby & S. C. Bishop in 1933,{{cite journal| last1=Crosby| first1=C. R.| last2=Bishop| first2=S. C.| year=1933| title=American spiders: Erigonae, males with cephalic pits| journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America| pages=105–172| volume=26| doi=10.1093/aesa/26.1.105| doi-access=free}} and has only been found in the United States.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Origanates Crosby & Bishop, 1933| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-06-16| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1512| doi=10.24436/2}}