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| A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 181, article 1 |
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| Title: | A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 181, article 1 |
| Authors: | Forster, Raymond R., 1922- Platnick, Norman I. |
| Issue Date: | 1985 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 181, article 1 |
| Abstract: | "The monogeneric tribe Orsolobini Cooke is removed from the Dysderidae, elevated to familial status, and redefined to include those dysderoids with a raised tarsal organ. As relimited, the family contains 170 species from Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, the Auckland and Campbell islands, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. Six genera are transferred from the Oonopidae to the Orsolobidae: Tasmanoonops Hickman, Cornifalx Hickman, Ascuta Forster, Duripelta Forster, Pounamuella (nomen novum for Pounamua Forster, preoccupied), and Subantarctia Forster. Eighteen new genera are described: Falklandia (type species Orsolobus rumbolli Schiapelli and Gerschman from the Falkland Islands), Mallecolobus (type species M. malacus, new species, from Chile; also including three other new species from Chile), Chileolobus (type species C. eden, new species, from Chile), Osornolobus (type species O. canan, new species, from Chile; also including 16 new species from Chile), Hickmanolobus (type spe... |
| Description: | 229 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/949 |
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