Olios punctipes Simon, 1884

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029299

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Described:

Distribution: Pakistan, India to Indonesia (Sumatra)

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (Ono et al., 2026)
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (6668) of Olios versicolor -
  • Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany m (A 2324) of Sarotes impudicus -
  • Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f (probably in Genova) of Olios punctipes sordidatus - (Ono et al., 2026)
Taxonomic References
Olios punctipes Simon, 1884n: 339 (Df) Original description
Olios versicolor Simon, 1884n: 367 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056399]
Sarotes impudicus Thorell, 1887: 241 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037367]
Sarotes punctipes Thorell, 1887: 244 (Dm)
Sarotes venustus Thorell, 1887: 248 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056400]
Sarotes callipygus Thorell, 1887: 250 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056401]
Sarotes impudicus Thorell, 1892b: 233 (Df)
Sarotes punctipes sordidata Thorell, 1895b: 270 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029300]
Sparassus impudicus Pocock, 1900a: 268 (T from Sarotes)
Sparassus punctipes Pocock, 1900a: 268 (T from Sarotes, S of Sarotes callipygus, S. punctipes sordidata and S. venustus)
Olios impudicus Strand, 1909f: 1 (T from Sparassus)
Olios punctipes Gravely, 1931: 242, f. 5D, 6E (mf, S of Olios impudicus)
Olios punctipes Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 37, f. 175-180 (mf, S of Olios versicolor)
Olios punctipes Jäger, 2001b: 6, f. 2f-g (m)
Olios punctipes Jäger, 2006c: 54, f. 15 (m)
Olios punctipes Ono et al., 2026: 38 (S of Olios punctipes sordidatus confirmed)
References

Gravely, F. H. (1931). Some Indian spiders of the families Ctenidae, Sparassidae, Selenopidae and Clubionidae. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 33(3): 211-282. -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. (2001b). Diversität der Riesenkrabbenspinnen im Himalaya -- die Radiation zweier Gattungen in den Schneetropen (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 232: 1-136. -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. (2006c). Lengthening of embolus and copulatory duct: a review of an evolutionary trend in the spider family Sparassidae (Araneae). In: Deltshev, C. & Stoev, P. (eds.) European Arachnology 2005. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Supplement 1: 49-62. -- Show included taxa

Ono, H., Suzuki, Y., Okumura, K. I. & Aung, M. M. (2026). Spider fauna of Myanmar, with a checklist of the species recorded from 1878 to 2025 (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 52(1): 1-56. doi: 10.50826/bnmnszool.52.1_1 -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. Taylor and Francis, London, 279 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.48423 -- Show included taxa

Sethi, V. D. & Tikader, B. K. (1988). Studies on some giant crab spiders of the family Heteropodidae from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Paper 93: 1-94. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1884n). Arachnides recueillis en Birmanie par M. le chevalier J. B. Comotto et appartenant au Musée civique d'histoire naturelle de Gènes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 20: 325-372. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1909f). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. II. Fam. Clubionidae. Fam. Salticidae. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 26: 1-128. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1892b). On some spiders from the Andaman Islands, collected by E. W. Oates, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 9(51): 226-237. doi: 10.1080/00222939208677308 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-03-27 New taxonomic reference entry Ono et al., 2026
2022-04-01 Species distribution update Dyal, 1935 Old value

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