Orstom

Orstom is a genus of South Pacific brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Robert Raven in 1994.[2]

Orstom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Orstom
Raven, 1994[1]
Type species
O. chazeaui
Raven & Churchill, 1994
Species

6, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains six species, all found in New Caledonia:[1]

  • Orstom aoupinie Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
  • Orstom chazeaui Raven & Churchill, 1994 (type) – New Caledonia
  • Orstom hydratemei Raven & Churchill, 1994 – New Caledonia
  • Orstom macmillani Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
  • Orstom tropicus Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
  • Orstom undecimatus Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia

References

  1. "Gen. Orstom Raven, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. Raven, R. J. (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 291–706.


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