Olios fasciculatus

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Olios fasciculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Olios
Species:
O. fasciculatus
Binomial name
Olios fasciculatus
Simon, 1880 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Olios spenceriPocock, 1896
  • Sparassus spenceriPocock, 1898
  • Rhitymna werneriSimon, 1906
  • Olios albertiusStrand, 1913
  • Olios banananusStrand, 1916
  • Olios aristophaneiLessert, 1936
  • Olios werneriJäger, 2003

Olios fasciculatus is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae. [2] It is found across Africa . [3]

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Distribution

Olios fasciculatus has a wide distribution across Africa, occurring in Gabon, Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Tanzania, and South Africa. In South Africa, the species is known only from KwaZulu-Natal at altitudes ranging from 131 to 1,345 m above sea level. [3]

Habitat and ecology

The species consists of nocturnal plant dwellers that wander around in search of prey on vegetation and make their silk retreats between two leaves kept together with silk strands. Olios fasciculatus has been sampled from vegetation. [3]

Description

Conservation

Olios fasciculatus is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range across Africa. In South Africa, the species is protected in Mkuze Game Reserve and Ndumo Game Reserve. [3]

Taxonomy

Olios fasciculatus was originally described by Simon in 1880. The species has undergone significant taxonomic revision, with Jäger (2020) synonymizing several previously recognized species. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Simon, E. (1880). "Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides)". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 34 (2/3/4): 223–351.
  2. 1 2 "Olios fasciculatus Simon, 1880". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2022). The Sparassidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 20. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6614498. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Jäger, P. (2020). "The spider genus Olios Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae: Sparassidae) – Part 1: species groups, diagnoses, identification keys, distribution maps and revision of the argelasius-, coenobitus- and auricomis-groups". Zootaxa. 4866 (1): 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4866.1.1.
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