Losdolobus

Losdolobus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Orsolobidae
Genus:	Losdolobus Platnick and Brescovit, 1994
Species
See list.

Losdolobus is a genus of six-eyed spiders found in Brazil belonging to the family Orsolobidae.

Species

The known species of Losdolobus include: ^[1]

• Losdolobus nelsoni Pompozzi, 2015 — Argentina
• Losdolobus opytapora Brescovit, Bertoncello & Ott, 2004 — Brazil
• Losdolobus parana Platnick & Brescovit, 1994 — Argentina
• Losdolobus xaruanus Lise & Almeida, 2006 ^{[2] [3]} — Brazil
• Losdolobus ybypora Brescovit, Ott & Lise, 2004 — Brazil

Curiosity

This genus name constitutes a curiosity: the arachnologists Platnick and Brescovit wanted to honor two Argentinians who helped them, Pablo Goloboff and Martín Ramírez. Asked to suggest a name, they proposed "losdolobus", which is drawn from the Buenos Aires argot called Lunfardo and loosely translates as "the morons". ^{[4] [5]}

Bibliography

• 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 AMNH 181 PDF (147Mb!) Abstract
• Griswold, C.E., Platnick, N.I. (1987): On the first African spiders of the family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea). American Museum Novitates 2892. (PDF 5Mb) Abstract (Afrolobus, Azanialobus)
• Platnick, N.I., Brescovit, A.D. (1994): A new genus of the spider family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea) from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3112 (PDF) (Abstract) (Losdolobus)

References

1. "Losdolobus". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
2. Losdolobus xaruanus
3. Losdolobus xaruanus
4. Curious taxonomy Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Donde dice... octubre-diciembre 2008" (PDF) (in Spanish). Fundéu. p. 5. Retrieved 13 Dec 2012.

External links

• Antonio D. Brescovit; Luis A. Bertoncello; Ricardo Ott; Arno A. Lise. "Two new species of Brazilian spiders" (PDF). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología . 9: 249-257. Retrieved 10 August 2019.