Orsolobus

Orsolobus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Orsolobidae
Genus:	Orsolobus Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
O. singularis (Nicolet, 1849)
Species
9, see text

Orsolobus is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2]

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains nine species, found only in Argentina and Chile:[1]

• Orsolobus chelifer Tullgren, 1902 – Chile
• Orsolobus chilensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile
• Orsolobus mapocho Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile
• Orsolobus montt Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile
• Orsolobus plenus Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile
• Orsolobus pucara Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile, Argentina
• Orsolobus pucatrihue Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile
• Orsolobus schlingeri Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile
• Orsolobus singularis (Nicolet, 1849) (type) – Chile

See also

• List of Orsolobidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Orsolobus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
2. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.