Anopsolobus
Sign in to saveAnopsolobus is a monotypic genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae containing the single species, Anopsolobus subterraneus. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985, and is only known from Nelson in New Zealand.
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It sits within the topics Endemic spiders of New Zealand, Monotypic Araneomorphae genera and Orsolobidae.
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Anopsolobus is a monotypic genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae containing the single species, Anopsolobus subterraneus. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985, and is only known from Nelson in New Zealand.
== Etymology == "Anopsolobus" refers to the absence of eyes and "subterraneus" refers to the habitat this species was found in.
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