Orsolobidae

Zur Familie Orsolobidae gehören 177 Arten in 28 Gattungen. Sie sind sechsäugige Spinnen, die von der Familie der Dysderidae unterschieden wurden. Verschiedene Gattungen wurden von den Oonopidae transferiert.

Distribution

Die meisten gattungen sind endemisch in Neuseeland oder Australien. Sie haben aber auch Vertreter in Südafrika, Malawi, Falklandinseln und Chile (Chileolobus, Mallecolobus, Orsolobus, Osornolobus, Falklandia, Losdolobus).

Gattungen

• 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)

Quellen

• 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)
• Norman I. Platnick, 2005. The World Spider Catalog, Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History.