Bolostromus Explained

Bolostromus is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.^[1]

Species

it contains twenty-three species:^[2]

• Bolostromus busu Dupérré, 2023 – Dominican Rep.
• Bolostromus devriesi Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus epiphyticus Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus fauna (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
• Bolostromus fonsecai Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus gaujoni (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
• Bolostromus holguinensis Rudloff, 1996 – Cuba
• Bolostromus hubeni Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus insularis (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent
• Bolostromus italoi Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus laheredia Dupérré, 2023 – Costa Rica
• Bolostromus losrios Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus nischki Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus panamanus (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Costa Rica, Panama
• Bolostromus primus Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus pristirana Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus pulchripes (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
• Bolostromus riveti Simon, 1903 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus stridulator Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus suspectus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911 – Uganda
• Bolostromus urku Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus valdivia Dupérré, 2023 – Ecuador
• Bolostromus venustus Ausserer, 1875 (type) – Colombia

Notes and References

1. Ausserer. A.. 1875. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor).. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 125–206. 25.
2. 2023 . Gen. Bolostromus Ausserer, 1875 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . World Spider Catalog Version 24 . 18 July 2023.