Olios

Olios
Male Olios argelasius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Section: Entelegynae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Olios
Walckenaer, 1837
Type species
Olios argelasius
Walckenaer, 1805
Species

See text.

Diversity[1]
250 species

Olios is the largest genus of huntsman spiders, containing 250 species.[1] They are found throughout the world, with most species occurring in hot countries.[1] The genus was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[1]

Species

According to The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5:[1]

  • Olios abnormis Blackwall, 1866 — Central Africa
  • Olios acolastus Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
  • Olios acostae Schenkel, 1953 — Venezuela
  • Olios actaeon Pocock, 1899 — New Britain
  • Olios admiratus Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Olios africanus Karsch, 1878 — Mozambique
  • Olios albertius Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
  • Olios albinus Fox, 1937 — USA
  • Olios albus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
  • Olios alluaudi Simon, 1887 — Ivory Coast
  • Olios amanensis Strand, 1907 — East Africa
  • Olios annandalei Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
  • Olios annulatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico
  • Olios antiguensis Keyserling, 1880 — West Indies
    • Olios antiguensis columbiensis Schmidt, 1971 — Colombia
  • Olios argelasius Walckenaer, 1805 — Mediterranean
  • Olios aristophanei Lessert, 1936 — Mozambique
  • Olios artemis Hogg, 1916 — New Guinea
  • Olios atomarius Simon, 1880 — Peru
  • Olios attractus Petrunkevitch, 1911 — Brazil
  • Olios audax Banks, 1909 — Costa Rica
  • Olios aurantiacus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
  • Olios auricomis Simon, 1880 — Zanzibar
  • Olios banananus Strand, 1916 — Congo
  • Olios batesi Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Olios baulnyi Simon, 1874 — Morocco, Senegal, Sudan
  • Olios benitensis Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Olios berlandi Roewer, 1951 — New Caledonia
  • Olios bhavnagarensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
  • Olios biarmatus Lessert, 1925 — South Africa
  • Olios bibranchiatus Fox, 1937 — USA
  • Olios bicolor Banks, 1914 — Puerto Rico
  • Olios bivittatus Roewer, 1951 — Guyana
  • Olios bombilius F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 — Peru
  • Olios brachycephalus Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
  • Olios bungarensis Strand, 1913 — Sumatra
  • Olios canalae Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Olios canariensis Lucas, 1838 — Canary Islands
  • Olios caprinus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
  • Olios cayanus Taczanowski, 1872 — Brazil, French Guiana
  • Olios ceylonicus Leardi, 1902 — Sri Lanka
  • Olios chelifer Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa
  • Olios chiracanthiformis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Olios chubbi Lessert, 1923 — South Africa
  • Olios clarus Keyserling, 1880 — Mexico
  • Olios claviger Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
  • Olios coccineiventris Simon, 1880 — Moluccas, New Guinea
  • Olios coenobitus Fage, 1926 — Madagascar
  • Olios conspersipes Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Olios corallinus Schmidt, 1971 — Ecuador
  • Olios correvoni Lessert, 1921 — East Africa
    • Olios correvoni choupangensis Lessert, 1936 — Mozambique
    • Olios correvoni nigrifrons Lawrence, 1928 — Southern Africa
  • Olios crassus Banks, 1909 — Costa Rica
  • Olios croseiceps Pocock, 1898 — Malawi
  • Olios cursor Thorell, 1894 — Malaysia
  • Olios darlingi Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
  • Olios darlingtoni Bryant, 1942 — Puerto Rico
  • Olios debilipes Mello-Leitão, 1945 — Argentina
  • Olios derasus C. L. Koch, 1845 — South Africa
  • Olios detritus C. L. Koch, 1845 — South Africa
  • Olios digitalis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 — Unknown
  • Olios discolorichelis Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
  • Olios durlaviae Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2005 — Bangladesh
  • Olios ensiger F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico
  • Olios erraticus Fage, 1926 — Madagascar
  • Olios erroneus O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala to Venezuela
  • Olios extensus Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Olios exterritorialis Strand, 1907 — Java or Ceram
  • Olios faesi Lessert, 1933 — Angola
  • Olios fasciatus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
  • Olios fasciculatus Simon, 1880 — USA, Mexico
  • Olios fasciiventris Simon, 1880 — Zanzibar
  • Olios feldmanni Strand, 1915 — Cameroon
  • Olios ferox Thorell, 1892 — Indonesia or Australia
  • Olios ferrugineus C. L. Koch, 1836 — Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil
  • Olios fimbriatus Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Olios flavens Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
  • Olios flavidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
  • Olios floweri Lessert, 1921 — Ethiopia, East Africa
  • Olios fonticola Pocock, 1902 — South Africa
  • Olios formosus Banks, 1929 — Panama
  • Olios foxi Roewer, 1951 — USA
  • Olios francoisi Simon, 1898 — Loyalty Islands
  • Olios franklinus Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
  • Olios freyi Lessert, 1929 — Congo
  • Olios fugax O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Pakistan, Yarkand
  • Olios fugiens O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
  • Olios fuhrmanni Strand, 1914 — St. Thomas
  • Olios fuligineus Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Olios fulvithorax Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Olios furcatus Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
  • Olios fuscovariatus Mello-Leitão, 1943 — Brazil
  • Olios galapagoensis Banks, 1902 — Galapagos Islands
  • Olios gentilis Karsch, 1879 — West Africa
  • Olios giganteus Keyserling, 1884 — USA, Mexico
  • Olios gravelyi Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
  • Olios greeni Pocock, 1901 — Sri Lanka
  • Olios guatemalensis Keyserling, 1887 — Guatemala
  • Olios guineibius Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Olios guttipes Simon, 1897 — South Africa
  • Olios hampsoni Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Olios helvus Keyserling, 1880 — Colombia
  • Olios hirtus Karsch, 1879 — Sri Lanka
  • Olios hoplites Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
  • Olios humboldtianus Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Olios hyeroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
  • Olios inaequipes Simon, 1890 — Sunda Islands
  • Olios insignifer Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Olios insulanus Thorell, 1881 — Kei Islands
  • Olios iranii Pocock, 1901 — Pakistan, India
  • Olios isongonis Strand, 1915 — Cameroon
  • Olios ituricus Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
  • Olios jaldaparaensis Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007 — India
  • Olios japonicus Jäger & Ono, 2000 — Ryukyu Islands
  • Olios kassenjicola Strand, 1916 — Central Africa
  • Olios keyserlingi Simon, 1880 — Brazil
  • Olios kiranae Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
  • Olios kruegeri Simon, 1897 — South Africa
  • Olios lacticolor Lawrence, 1952 — South Africa
  • Olios laevatus Simon, 1897 — Ethiopia
  • Olios lamarcki Latreille, 1806 — Madagascar to Sri Lanka, India
    • Olios lamarcki taprobanicus Strand, 1913 — Sri Lanka
  • Olios lepidus Vellard, 1924 — Brazil
  • Olios longespinus Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
  • Olios longipedatus Roewer, 1951 — Brazil
  • Olios longipedes Roewer, 1951 — Sudan
  • Olios luctuosus Banks, 1898 — Mexico
  • Olios lutescens Thorell, 1894 — Pakistan, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java
  • Olios luteus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
  • Olios machadoi Lawrence, 1952 — South Africa
  • Olios macroepigynus Soares, 1944 — Brazil
  • Olios maculatus Blackwall, 1862 — Brazil, West Indies
  • Olios maculinotatus Strand, 1909 — South Africa
  • Olios mahabangkawitus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Olios malagassus Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
    • Olios malagassus septifer Strand, 1908 — Madagascar
  • Olios manifestus O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
  • Olios marshalli Pocock, 1898 — South Africa
  • Olios mathani Simon, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
  • Olios menghaiensis Wang & Zhang, 1990 — China
  • Olios milleti Pocock, 1901 — India, Sri Lanka
  • Olios minax O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 — USA, Mexico
  • Olios minensis Mello-Leitão, 1917 — Brazil
  • Olios mohavensis Fox, 1937 — USA
  • Olios monticola Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Olios morbillosus MacLeay, 1827 — Australia
  • Olios mordax O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 — Madagascar
  • Olios muang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 — Laos
  • Olios mutabilis Mello-Leitão, 1917 — Brazil
  • Olios mygalinus Doleschall, 1857 — Moluccas, New Guinea
    • Olios mygalinus cinctipes Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
    • Olios mygalinus nigripalpis Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Olios nanningensis Hu & Ru, 1988 — China
  • Olios naturalisticus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
  • Olios neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Olios nigrifrons Simon, 1897 — Java
  • Olios nigristernis Simon, 1880 — Brazil
  • Olios nigriventris Taczanowski, 1872 — French Guiana
  • Olios niveomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Ecuador
  • Olios nossibeensis Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
  • Olios oberzelleri Kritscher, 1966 — New Caledonia
  • Olios obesulus Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Olios obscurus Keyserling, 1880 — Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
  • Olios obtusus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Guatemala
  • Olios occidentalis Karsch, 1879 — Congo
  • Olios orchiticus Mello-Leitão, 1930 — Brazil
  • Olios ornatus Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
  • Olios oubatchensis Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Olios paalongus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Olios pacifer Lessert, 1921 — Congo, East Africa
  • Olios paenuliformis Strand, 1916 — West Africa
  • Olios pagurus Walckenaer, 1837 — Australia
  • Olios paraensis Keyserling, 1880 — Brazil
  • Olios patagiatus Simon, 1897 — India
  • Olios pellucidus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
  • Olios peninsulanus Banks, 1898 — Mexico
  • Olios perezi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Olios peruvianus Roewer, 1951 — Peru
  • Olios phipsoni Pocock, 1899 — India
  • Olios pictitarsis Simon, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
  • Olios plumipes Mello-Leitão, 1937 — Brazil
  • Olios positivus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
  • Olios praecinctus L. Koch, 1865 — New South Wales
  • Olios princeps Hogg, 1914 — New Guinea
  • Olios provocator Walckenaer, 1837 — South Africa
  • Olios pulchripes Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Olios punctipes Simon, 1884 — India to Sumatra
    • Olios punctipes sordidatus Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
  • Olios puniceus Simon, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
  • Olios punjabensis Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
  • Olios pusillus Simon, 1880 — Madagascar
  • Olios pyrozonis Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Olios quinquelineatus Taczanowski, 1872 — French Guiana
  • Olios roeweri Caporiacco, 1955 — Guyana
  • Olios rosettii Leardi, 1901 — India
  • Olios rotundiceps Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Olios rubripes Taczanowski, 1872 — French Guiana
  • Olios rubriventris Thorell, 1881 — Moluccas, New Guinea
  • Olios rufilatus Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon, Congo
  • Olios rufus Keyserling, 1880 — Colombia
  • Olios ruwenzoricus Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
  • Olios sanctivincenti Simon, 1897 — St. Vincent
  • Olios sanguinifrons Simon, 1906 — India
  • Olios scalptor Jäger & Ono, 2001 — Taiwan
  • Olios scepticus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
  • Olios schistus Chamberlin, 1919 — USA
  • Olios schonlandi Pocock, 1900 — South Africa
  • Olios senilis Simon, 1880 — India, Sri Lanka
  • Olios sericeus Kroneberg, 1875 — Georgia, Central Asia
  • Olios sexpunctatus Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
  • Olios sherwoodi Lessert, 1929 — Congo
  • Olios similaris Rainbow, 1898 — New Guinea
  • Olios similis O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
  • Olios simoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
  • Olios sjostedti Lessert, 1921 — East Africa
  • Olios skwarrae Roewer, 1933 — Mexico
  • Olios socotranus Pocock, 1903 — Socotra
  • Olios somalicus Caporiacco, 1940 — Somalia
  • Olios soratensis Strand, 1907 — Bolivia
  • Olios spenceri Pocock, 1896 — South Africa
  • Olios spiculosus Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
  • Olios spinipalpis Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
  • Olios stictopus Pocock, 1898 — South Africa
  • Olios stimulator Simon, 1897 — India
  • Olios strandi Kolosváry, 1934 — New Guinea
  • Olios striatus Blackwall, 1867 — India
  • Olios stylifer F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico, Brazil
  • Olios suavis O. P.-Cambridge, 1876 — Israel, Egypt
  • Olios subadultus Mello-Leitão, 1930 — Brazil
  • Olios subpusillus Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
  • Olios sulphuratus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Olios sylvaticus Blackwall, 1862 — Brazil
  • Olios tamerlani Roewer, 1951 — New Guinea
  • Olios tarandus Simon, 1897 — India
  • Olios tener Thorell, 1891 — Pakistan, India, Myanmar
  • Olios tiantongensis Zhang & Kim, 1996 — China
  • Olios tigrinus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
  • Olios tikaderi Kundu, Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1999 — India
  • Olios timidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
  • Olios triarmatus Lessert, 1936 — Mozambique
  • Olios trifurcatus Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Olios trinitatis Strand, 1916 — Trinidad
  • Olios tuckeri Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
  • Olios valenciae Strand, 1916 — Venezuela
  • Olios variatus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Olios velox Simon, 1880 — Peru
  • Olios ventrosus Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
  • Olios vestigator Simon, 1897 — East Africa
  • Olios vitiosus Vellard, 1924 — Brazil
  • Olios vittifemur Strand, 1916 — Central Africa
  • Olios werneri Simon, 1906 — Sudan
  • Olios wolfi Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Olios wroughtoni Simon, 1897 — India
  • Olios xerxes Pocock, 1901 — Iran to India
  • Olios yucatanus Chamberlin, 1925 — Mexico
  • Olios zebra Thorell, 1881 — Moluccas
  • Olios zulu Simon, 1880 — South Africa

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 20 April 2012.