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Genus: Olios Walckenaer, 1837 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Olios correvoni nigrifrons Lawrence, 1928

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini

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Holotype: South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa f (6703) - (Lawrence, 1928)

Taxonomic References

Olios correvoni nigrifrons Lawrence, 1928: 249, pl. 22, f. 32 (Df) Original description

Olios correvoni nigrifrons Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 19, 7 f. (mf; N.B.: the reproduced f. of a m shows Olios correvoni Lessert, 1921: 388, f. 8, not the subspecies nigrifrons, of which the m is not described)

Olios correvoni nigrifrons Dippenaar-Schoeman, Eichhoff & Christiaan, 2024: 25, f. 1-13 (f)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022b). The Sparassidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 71 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6614498 -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A., Eichhoff, A. & Christiaan, R. (2024). Observations on the black-faced huntsman spider Olios correvoni nigrifrons Lawrence, 1928 from Southern Africa (Araneae: Sparassidae). SANSA Newsletter 51: 25-27. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13766508 -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1928). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa VII. Arachnida (Part 2). Annals of the South African Museum 25: 217-312, pl. 21-24. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-09-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman, Eichhoff & Christiaan, 2024
2024-09-16	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman, Eichhoff & Christiaan, 2024	Old value