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The Orsolobidae are a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in 28 genera. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Arachnids are a class ( Arachnida) of joint-legged Invertebrate Animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The Araneomorphae are a Suborder of Spiders They are distinguished by having Chelicerae (fangs that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action The Dysderoidea are a Superfamily of araneomorph spiders They contain four families of six-eyed spiders Dysderidae Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. This page lists all described species of the spider family Orsolobidae as of June 19 2007 Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings They were separated from the Dysderidae. The family Dysderidae ( woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders or cell spiders) are araneomorph Spiders found primarily in Several genera were transferred from the Oonopidae. The Spider family Oonopidae (Goblin spiders includes about 450 Species in about 65 genera worldwide
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Distribution
Most genera are endemic to New Zealand and the Australian region. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Several genera occur in southern Africa (Afrilobus, Azanialobus) and South America (Chileolobus, Mallecolobus, Orsolobus, Osornolobus, Falklandia, Losdolobus). South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a
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)
- 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
- Forster, R. Norman I Platnick is an American Arachnologist, and the Peter J Raymond Robert Forster (1922-2000 was a world renowned Spider expert Eugène Simon ( April 30, 1848 - November 17, 1924) was a French Arachnologist. This page lists all described species of the spider family Orsolobidae as of June 19 2007 Spider taxonomy is the Alpha taxonomy of the Spiders members of the Araneae order of the arthropod 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)
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