Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2011 20:00:46 GMT
Orsonwelles torosus, originally described as Labulla torosus
from Kaua'i / Hawaiian Islands
"The small geographic distribution ranges of many Orsonwelles species, particularly those from Kauai, make these spiders particularly susceptible to environmental disturbances. As I have mentioned, O. torosus has not been reported since Perkins collected the only known specimen at the turn of the nineteenth century. As far as I can determine, O. torosus is now extinct."
source: Gustavo Hormiga: Orsonwelles, a new genus of giant linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Invertebrate Systematics 16. 369-448. 2002
from Kaua'i / Hawaiian Islands
"The small geographic distribution ranges of many Orsonwelles species, particularly those from Kauai, make these spiders particularly susceptible to environmental disturbances. As I have mentioned, O. torosus has not been reported since Perkins collected the only known specimen at the turn of the nineteenth century. As far as I can determine, O. torosus is now extinct."
source: Gustavo Hormiga: Orsonwelles, a new genus of giant linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Invertebrate Systematics 16. 369-448. 2002
