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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Huntsmen Spiders (Sparassidae) » Olios

Genus Olios

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Spider.....Fishing Spider? - Olios giganteus spider? - Olios giganteus - male voucher specimen - Olios giganteus - female Spider identity request - Olios giganteus Reserve Spider - Olios giganteus Olios giganteus - female Identify please - Olios giganteus Olios giganteus - Olios giganteus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Sparassidae (Huntsmen Spiders)
Genus Olios
Numbers
1 species in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico).
Identification
Olios giganteus Keyserling - dark chelicerae, prominent heart mark.(1)
Range
O. giganteus - CA, AZ, NM, TX, UT, NV(1)(2)
Remarks
Rheims, 2010(1), reduces the genus Olios down to 4 species (a 5th is considered unrecognizable).

Rheims, 2015(3), moves many species of Olios to the new genus Curicaberis.

"The name Olios fasciculatus turned out to be based on mislabeled specimens from Africa." ~Rod Crawford
See Also
Curicaberis
Print References
Rheims, Cristina, 2010. On the native Nearctic species of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae Bertkau (Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 38(3): 530-537.
Works Cited
1.On the native Nearctic species of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae Bertkau (Araneae)
Cristina A. Rheims. 2010. Journal of Arachnology 38(3): 530–537.
2.Spiders of the Arid Southwest
3.Curicaberis, a new genus of Sparassidae from North and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparassinae)
Cristina A. Rheims. 2015. ZooTaxa.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Christopher Hunt, Jeff Hollenbeck, Mandy Howe, Laura P.
Last updated 30 April, 2016 - 1:33pm

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