Orsonwelles torosus

Orsonwelles torosus is a species of linyphiid spider endemic to Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It was described in 1900 by the French naturalist Eugène Simon based on a specimen collected in the 1890s, but has not been collected since, and is presumed extinct.

Orsonwelles torosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Orsonwelles
Species:
O. torosus
Binomial name
Orsonwelles torosus
(Simon, 1900)
Original range in the Hawaiian Islands
Synonyms
  • Labulla torosa Simon, 1900

References

  • Hormiga, Gustavo (2002). "Orsonwelles, a new genus of giant linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Hawaiian Islands" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 16 (3): 369–448. doi:10.1071/IT01026.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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