''Olbus'' 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 ...

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

n corinnid sac spiders first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1880 as a

huntsman spider Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae), are known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometim ...

. It was moved to the

sac spider The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae have a very confusing taxonomic history. Once, this family was a large catch-all taxon for a disparate collection of spiders, similar only in that they had eight eyes arranged in two rows and conical anter ...

family in 1988, then to the

Corinnidae Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much small ...

in 2001.

Species

it contains five species, all found in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

: *'' Olbus eryngiophilus'' Ramírez, Lopardo & Bonaldo, 2001 – Chile *''

Olbus jaguar ''Olbus'' is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1880 as a huntsman spider. It was moved to the sac spider family in 1988, then to the Corinnidae in 2001. Species it contains five species, all fou ...

'' Ramírez, Lopardo & Bonaldo, 2001 – Chile *''

Olbus krypto ''Olbus'' is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1880 as a huntsman spider. It was moved to the sac spider family in 1988, then to the Corinnidae in 2001. Species it contains five species, all fou ...

'' Ramírez, Lopardo & Bonaldo, 2001 – Chile *''

Olbus nahuelbuta ''Olbus'' is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1880 as a huntsman spider. It was moved to the sac spider family in 1988, then to the Corinnidae in 2001. Species it contains five species, all fou ...

'' Ramírez, Lopardo & Bonaldo, 2001 – Chile *'' Olbus sparassoides'' (Nicolet, 1849) ( type) – Chile

References

Araneomorphae genera Corinnidae Spiders of South America Taxa named by Eugène Simon Endemic fauna of Chile {{Corinnidae-stub