Orsolobidae
| Orsolobidae | |
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| Duripelta sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965 |
| Genera | |
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See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 29 genera, about 180 species | |
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The Orsolobidae are a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in 29 genera. They were separated from the Dysderidae. Several genera were transferred from the Oonopidae.
Distribution
Most genera are endemic to New Zealand and the Australian region.
Several genera occur in southern Africa (Afrilobus, Azanialobus) and South America (Chileolobus, Mallecolobus, Orsolobus, Osornolobus, Falklandia, Losdolobus).
Genera
- Afrilobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987 (Africa)
- Anopsolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 (New Zealand))
- Ascuta Forster, 1956 (New Zealand)
- Australobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 (Australia)
- Azanialobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987 (South Africa)
- Bealeyia Forster & Platnick, 1985 (New Zealand)
- Calculus Purcell, 1910 (South Africa)[1]
- Chileolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 (Chile)
- Cornifalx Hickman, 1979 (Tasmania)
- Dugdalea Forster & Platnick, 1985 (New Zealand)
- Duripelta Forster, 1956 (New Zealand)
- Falklandia Forster & Platnick, 1985 (Falkland Islands)
- Hickmanolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985 (Tasmania)
- Losdolobus Platnick & Brescovit, 1994 (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
- ↑ Platnick, N.I. et al. 2012: Tarsal organ morphology and the phylogeny of goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on basal genera. American Museum novitates, (3736) doi:10.1206/3736.2
- 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 AMNH 181 PDF (147Mb!) Abstract
- Griswold, C.E., Platnick, N.I. (1987): On the first African spiders of the family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea). American Museum novitates 2892. (PDF 5Mb) Abstract (Afrolobus, Azanialobus)
- Platnick, N.I., Brescovit, A.D. (1994): A new genus of the spider family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea) from Brazil. American Museum novitates 3112 (PDF) (Abstract) (Losdolobus)
External links
Data related to Orsolobidae at Wikispecies
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