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Orsolobidae
Sign in to saveOrsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 200 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyOrsolobidae
Orsolobidae (лат.) — семейство аранеоморфных пауков из серии Haplogynae. Насчитывают 181 видов, объединяемых в 28 рода. Большая часть представителей обитает в Новой Зеландии, Австралии и Южной Америке. Два рода известны из Африки — Afrilobus и Azanialobus.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 324
- Family
- Orsolobidae
- Collections
- MCZ, QM, CASC, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Genera
- References
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Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 200 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985.
==Distribution== Most genera are endemic to New Zealand and the Australian region, but several genera occur in southern Africa and South America.
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