''Bolostromus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by
Anton Ausserer
Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographia aranearum, Les ...
in 1875.
Species
it contains nine species:
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Bolostromus fauna''
(Simon
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, 1889) – Venezuela
*''
Bolostromus gaujoni''
(Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
*''
Bolostromus holguinensis''
Rudloff, 1996 – Cuba
*''
Bolostromus insularis''
(Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent
*''
Bolostromus panamanus''
( Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama
*''
Bolostromus pulchripes''
(Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
*''
Bolostromus riveti''
Simon, 1903 – Ecuador
*''
Bolostromus suspectus''
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1911 – Uganda
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Bolostromus venustus''
Ausserer, 1875 (
type) – Colombia
References
Cyrtaucheniidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
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