Orsolobidae

Orsolobidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Superfamily:	Dysderoidea
Family:	Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965
Genera
see text
Diversity
28 genera, 177 species

The Orsolobidae are a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in 28 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)
• 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

• List of Orsolobidae species
• Spider families

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 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)