''Losdolobus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
six-eyed spiders found in
Brazil
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belonging to the family
Orsolobidae
Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from " Dysderidae" in 1985.
Genera
Most genera are endemic to New Zeala ...
.
Species
The known species of ''Losdolobus'' include:
* ''
Losdolobus nelsoni''
Pompozzi, 2015 — Argentina
* ''
Losdolobus opytapora''
Brescovit, Bertoncello & Ott, 2004 — Brazil
* ''
Losdolobus parana''
Platnick & Brescovit, 1994 — Argentina
* ''
Losdolobus xaruanus''
Lise & Almeida, 2006 — Brazil
* ''
Losdolobus ybypora''
Brescovit, Ott & Lise, 2004 — Brazil
Curiosity
This genus name constitutes a curiosity: the
arachnologist
Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly ...
s
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
Lunfardo (; from the Italian ) is an argot originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the lower classes in the Río de la Plata region (encompassing the port cities of Buenos Aires in Argentina and Montevideo in Uruguay) ...
and loosely translates as "the morons".
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 18
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 5MbAbstract
(''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
External links
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Orsolobidae
Spiders of Brazil
Spiders of Argentina
Araneomorphae genera
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