Oltacloea Explained
Oltacloea is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.[1] it contains only three species, found only in Argentina and Brazil: O. beltraoae, O. mutilata, and O. ribaslangei.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]
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Notes and References
- Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1940. Tres géneros extraños de arañas argentinas. Notas del Museo de la Plata. 251–258. 5. Cândido_Firmino_de_Mello-Leitão.
- Web site: Gen. Oltacloea Mello-Leitão, 1940. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
- Azevedo. G. H. F. Griswold. C. E.. Santos. A. J.. 2018. Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Cladistics. 34. 6. 614. 10.1111/cla.12226. free.