| Orsolobidae | |
|---|---|
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| Duripelta sp. | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: |
Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965 |
| Diversity | |
| 30 genera, 188 species | |
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Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from " Dysderidae" in 1985. [1]
Genera
Most genera are endemic to New Zealand and the Australian region, but several genera occur in southern Africa [2] and South America. [3] As of April 2019 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [4] [5]
- Afrilobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa, Malawi
- Anopsolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Ascuta Forster, 1956 — New Zealand
- Australobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Australia
- Azanialobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa
- Basibulbus Ott, Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013
- Bealeyia Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Calculus Purcell, 1910 — South Africa
- Chileolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Chile
- Cornifalx Hickman, 1979 — Australia
- Dugdalea Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Duripelta Forster, 1956 — New Zealand
- Falklandia Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Falkland Is.
- Hickmanolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Australia
- Losdolobus Platnick & Brescovit, 1994 — Argentina, Brazil
- Mallecolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Chile
- Maoriata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Orongia Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Orsolobus Simon, 1893 — Chile, Argentina
- Osornolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Chile
- Paralobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Pounamuella Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Subantarctia Forster, 1955 — New Zealand
- Tangata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Tasmanoonops Hickman, 1930 — Australia
- Tautukua Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Turretia Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Waiporia Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Waipoua Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
- Wiltonia Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand
See also
References
- ^ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181.
- ^ Griswold, C.E.; Platnick, N.I. (1987). "On the first African spiders of the family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2892).
- ^ Platnick, N.I.; Brescovit, A.D. (1994). "A new genus of the spider family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea) from Brazil" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3112).
- ^ "Family: Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ Chousou-Polydouri, Natalia; Carmichael, Anthea; Szűts, Tamás; Saucedo, Alma; Gillespie, Rosemary; Griswold, Charles; Wood, Hannah M. (February 2019). "The biogeography of the spider family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea) on Wiley Online Library". Journal of Biogeography. 46 (2): 332–342. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13487. S2CID 92283671.
External links
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Data related to
Orsolobidae at Wikispecies
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