Anopsolobus

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Anopsolobus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Anopsolobus
Forster & Platnick, 1985 [1]
Species:
A. subterraneus
Binomial name
Anopsolobus subterraneus
Forster & Platnick, 1985

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, [2] and is only known from Nelson in New Zealand.

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Etymology

"Anopsolobus" refers to the absence of eyes and "subterraneus" refers to the habitat this species was found in. [2]

Taxonomy

Anopsolobus subterraneus was described in 1985 by Raymond Forster and Normal Platnick from one female specimen. The specimen was found 4 meters underground in a bore using a trap intended to collect interstitial aquatic animals, but instead caught terrestrial animals when the water table receded. [2]

Anopsolobus is suggested to be closely related to the genus Tangata . [2]

Description

The only specimen is 1.96mm in length, is unpigmented and notably has no eyes. The body is densely covered in hairs.

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References

  1. ↑ "Gen. Anopsolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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 American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.


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