Orsolobidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Haplogynae
Superfamilia: Dysderoidea

Familia: Orsolobidae
Genera (30): Afrilobus – Anopsolobus – Ascuta – Australobus – Azanialobus – Basibulbus – Bealeyia – Calculus – Chileolobus – Cornifalx – Dugdalea – Duripelta – Falklandia – Hickmanolobus – Losdolobus – Mallecolobus – Maoriata – Orongia – Orsolobus – Osornolobus – Paralobus – Pounamuella – Subantarctia – Tangata – Tasmanoonops – Tautukua – Turretia – Waiporia – Waipoua – Wiltonia
Name

Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965

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: 1–229. handle [July 25, 1985] Reference page.

Vernacular names
català: Orsolòbid
中文: 激蛛科

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
Main article: List of Orsolobidae species

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, 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

List of Orsolobidae species

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.