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Orsonwelles
Sign in to saveOrsonwelles is a genus of American dwarf spiders that was first described by G. Hormiga in 2002. They are all native to the Hawaiian Islands, each species occurring on a single island, often at high elevations. One species has not been collected since the 1890s, and is believed to be extinct. The name honors the actor and film-maker Orson Welles. Many of the species names commemorate elements from Welles' films, radio productions, or roles.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyLinyphiidae
Orsonwelles es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Linyphiidae. Se encuentran en Hawái. Lista de especies Se reconocen las siguientes: Orsonwelles ambersonorum Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles arcanus Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles bellum Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles calx Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles falstaffius Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles graphicus (Simon, 1900) Orsonwelles iudicium Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles macbeth Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles malus Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles othello Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles polites Hormiga, 2002 Orsonwelles torosus (Simon, 1900) Orsonwelles ventus Hormiga, 2002 Referencias World Spider Catalog (2016). The world spider catalog, version 17.5. Natural History Museum Bern, Orsonwelles. Acceso: 12 de noviembre de 2016.
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Orsonwelles is a genus of American dwarf spiders that was first described by G. Hormiga in 2002. They are all native to the Hawaiian Islands, each species occurring on a single island, often at high elevations. One species has not been collected since the 1890s, and is believed to be extinct. The name honors the actor and film-maker Orson Welles. Many of the species names commemorate elements from Welles' films, radio productions, or roles.
The first species were described in 1900 by the French naturalist Eugène Simon, who described Orsonwelles malus (as Labulla torosa) and Orsonwelles graphicus (as Labulla graphica). In 2002, Gustavo Hormiga described eleven new species, establishing the new genus Orsonwelles. The Labulla species became torosus and graphicus because Orsonwelles is a masculine noun.
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