Orsolobidae

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Orsolobidae
Duripelta sp.

Duripelta sp.

Systematics
Class : Arachnids (arachnida)
Order : Spiders (Araneae)
Subordination : Real spiders (Araneomorphae)
Partial order : Haplogynae
Superfamily : Dysderoidea
Family : Orsolobidae
Scientific name
Orsolobidae
Cooke , 1965

The Orsolobidae are a family of real spiders and comprise 30 genera with 188 species . (As of June 2016)

Orsolobidae are spiders of the former Orsolobini tribe, from which the family of six-eye spiders (Dysderidae) was spun off. Some genera were transferred from the dwarf six-eye spiders (Oonopidae).

features

Distribution map of the Orsolobidae

Orsolobidae are six-eyed, colorless, small haplogyne spiders with long, slender legs that reach a body length of about 4 to 5 mm. They can be recognized by a raised tarsal organ .

distribution

Most of the genera are endemic to New Zealand or Australia . Some species also live in South Africa , Malawi , Falkland Islands, and Chile .

Systematics

The World Spider Catalog currently lists 30 genera and 188 species for the Orsolobidae. (As of June 2016)

Web links

Commons : Orsolobidae  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

literature

  • Forster, RR, Platnick, NI (1985): A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the AMNH 181 PDF (147 MB!) Abstract
  • Griswold, CE, Platnick, NI (1987): On the first African spiders of the family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea). American Museum novitates 2892. ( PDF 5Mb ) Abstract
  • Platnick, NI, Brescovit, AD (1994): A new genus of the spider family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea) from Brazil. American Museum novitates 3112 ( PDF ) ( Abstract )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Orsolobidae . Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Forster and Platnick
  3. ↑ a b MA Izquierdo, FM Labarque: Description of the female of Orsolobus pucara Forster & Platnick 1985, with comments on the functional morphology of the female genitalia in Dysderoidea (Araneae: Dysderoidea: Orsolobidae). 2010, in: The Journal of Arachnology 38, pp. 511-520. ( Online )
  4. ^ A b BC Baehr, RJ Raven, W. Hebron: Orsolobidae (Araneae) of the IBISCA-Queensland Project at Lamington National Park, Australia. 2011, in: Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature 55 (2) pp. 439–449, ISSN  0079-8835 ( online )