Anopsolobus

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | status = DD | status_system = NZTCS | taxon = Anopsolobus subterraneus | authority = Forster & Platnick, 1985 | parent_authority = [[Ray Forster|Forster]] & [[Norman I. Platnick|Platnick]], 1985<ref name=wsc /> }}

'''''Anopsolobus''''' is a [[monotypic taxon|monotypic]] [[genus]] of Polynesian [[Araneomorphae|araneomorph]] spiders in the family [[Orsolobidae]] containing the single species, '''''Anopsolobus subterraneus'''''. It was first described by [[Raymond Robert Forster]] & [[Norman I. Platnick]] in 1985,<ref name=Fors1985 /> and is only known from [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] in [[New Zealand]].

== Etymology == "''Anopsolobus''" refers to the absence of [[Spider vision|eyes]] and "''subterraneus''" refers to the habitat this species was found in.<ref name="Fors1985" />

== Taxonomy == ''Anopsolobus subterraneus'' was described in 1985 by Raymond Forster and Normal Platnick from one female specimen. The specimen was found 4 meters underground in a bore using a trap intended to collect interstitial aquatic animals, but instead caught terrestrial animals when the water table receded.<ref name="Fors1985" /> The holotype is stored in the [[New Zealand Arthropod Collection]] under registration number NZAC03014989.<ref name="fix1" />

''Anopsolobus'' is suggested to be closely related to the genus ''[[Tangata (spider)|Tangata]]''.<ref name="Fors1985" />

== Description == The only specimen is 1.96mm in length, is unpigmented and notably has no eyes. The body is densely covered in hairs.<ref name="Fors1985" />

== Distribution == This species is only known from Nelson, New Zealand. It was discovered in a bore hole 4m underground.<ref name="Fors1985" />

== Conservation status == Under the [[New Zealand Threat Classification System]], this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".<ref name="fix2" />

==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite journal| title=Gen. Anopsolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-07-04| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2184| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> <ref name="fix1">{{Cite web |title=Specimen Details |url=https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/NZAC03014989 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=scd.landcareresearch.co.nz}}</ref> <ref name="fix2">{{Cite journal |last1=Sirvid |first1=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}</ref> <ref name="Fors1985">{{cite journal| last1=Forster| first1=R. R.| last2=Platnick| first2=N. I.| year=1985| title=A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| pages=1–230| volume=181| author-link=Raymond Robert Forster| author-link2=Norman I. Platnick}}</ref> </references>

[[Category:Monotypic Araneomorphae genera]] [[Category:Orsolobidae]] [[Category:Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster]] [[Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand]] [[Category:Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick]]