Olios

Olios is the largest genus of huntsman spiders, containing 250 species.[1] They are found throughout the world, with most species occurring in hot countries.[1] The genus was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[1]

Olios giganteus with prey

Olios sericeus

Olios
Male Olios argelasius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Olios Walckenaer, 1837
Type species
Olios argelasius Walckenaer, 1805
Species
See text.
Diversity[1]
250 species

Species

According to The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5:[1]

• Olios abnormis Blackwall, 1866 — Central Africa
• Olios acolastus Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
• Olios acostae Schenkel, 1953 — Venezuela
• Olios actaeon Pocock, 1899 — New Britain
• Olios admiratus Pocock, 1901 — India
• Olios africanus Karsch, 1878 — Mozambique
• Olios albertius Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
• Olios albinus Fox, 1937 — USA
• Olios albus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
• Olios alluaudi Simon, 1887 — Ivory Coast
• Olios amanensis Strand, 1907 — East Africa
• Olios annandalei Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
• Olios annulatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico
• Olios antiguensis Keyserling, 1880 — West Indies
  • Olios antiguensis columbiensis Schmidt, 1971 — Colombia
• Olios argelasius Walckenaer, 1805 — Mediterranean
• Olios aristophanei Lessert, 1936 — Mozambique
• Olios artemis Hogg, 1916 — New Guinea
• Olios atomarius Simon, 1880 — Peru
• Olios attractus Petrunkevitch, 1911 — Brazil
• Olios audax Banks, 1909 — Costa Rica
• Olios aurantiacus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
• Olios auricomis Simon, 1880 — Zanzibar
• Olios banananus Strand, 1916 — Congo
• Olios batesi Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon
• Olios baulnyi Simon, 1874 — Morocco, Senegal, Sudan
• Olios benitensis Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon
• Olios berlandi Roewer, 1951 — New Caledonia
• Olios bhavnagarensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
• Olios biarmatus Lessert, 1925 — South Africa
• Olios bibranchiatus Fox, 1937 — USA
• Olios bicolor Banks, 1914 — Puerto Rico
• Olios bivittatus Roewer, 1951 — Guyana
• Olios bombilius F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 — Peru
• Olios brachycephalus Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
• Olios bungarensis Strand, 1913 — Sumatra
• Olios canalae Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Olios canariensis Lucas, 1838 — Canary Islands
• Olios caprinus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
• Olios cayanus Taczanowski, 1872 — Brazil, French Guiana
• Olios ceylonicus Leardi, 1902 — Sri Lanka
• Olios chelifer Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa
• Olios chiracanthiformis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
• Olios chubbi Lessert, 1923 — South Africa
• Olios clarus Keyserling, 1880 — Mexico
• Olios claviger Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
• Olios coccineiventris Simon, 1880 — Moluccas, New Guinea
• Olios coenobitus Fage, 1926 — Madagascar
• Olios conspersipes Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
• Olios corallinus Schmidt, 1971 — Ecuador
• Olios correvoni Lessert, 1921 — East Africa
  • Olios correvoni choupangensis Lessert, 1936 — Mozambique
  • Olios correvoni nigrifrons Lawrence, 1928 — Southern Africa
• Olios crassus Banks, 1909 — Costa Rica
• Olios croseiceps Pocock, 1898 — Malawi
• Olios cursor Thorell, 1894 — Malaysia
• Olios darlingi Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
• Olios darlingtoni Bryant, 1942 — Puerto Rico
• Olios debilipes Mello-Leitão, 1945 — Argentina
• Olios derasus C. L. Koch, 1845 — South Africa
• Olios detritus C. L. Koch, 1845 — South Africa
• Olios digitalis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 — Unknown
• Olios discolorichelis Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
• Olios durlaviae Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2005 — Bangladesh
• Olios ensiger F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico
• Olios erraticus Fage, 1926 — Madagascar
• Olios erroneus O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala to Venezuela
• Olios extensus Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Olios exterritorialis Strand, 1907 — Java or Ceram
• Olios faesi Lessert, 1933 — Angola
• Olios fasciatus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
• Olios fasciculatus Simon, 1880 — USA, Mexico
• Olios fasciiventris Simon, 1880 — Zanzibar
• Olios feldmanni Strand, 1915 — Cameroon
• Olios ferox Thorell, 1892 — Indonesia or Australia
• Olios ferrugineus C. L. Koch, 1836 — Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil
• Olios fimbriatus Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
• Olios flavens Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
• Olios flavidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
• Olios floweri Lessert, 1921 — Ethiopia, East Africa
• Olios fonticola Pocock, 1902 — South Africa
• Olios formosus Banks, 1929 — Panama
• Olios foxi Roewer, 1951 — USA
• Olios francoisi Simon, 1898 — Loyalty Islands
• Olios franklinus Walckenaer, 1837 — USA
• Olios freyi Lessert, 1929 — Congo
• Olios fugax O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Pakistan, Yarkand
• Olios fugiens O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
• Olios fuhrmanni Strand, 1914 — St. Thomas
• Olios fuligineus Pocock, 1901 — India
• Olios fulvithorax Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Olios furcatus Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
• Olios fuscovariatus Mello-Leitão, 1943 — Brazil
• Olios galapagoensis Banks, 1902 — Galapagos Islands
• Olios gentilis Karsch, 1879 — West Africa
• Olios giganteus Keyserling, 1884 — USA, Mexico
• Olios gravelyi Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
• Olios greeni Pocock, 1901 — Sri Lanka
• Olios guatemalensis Keyserling, 1887 — Guatemala
• Olios guineibius Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
• Olios guttipes Simon, 1897 — South Africa
• Olios hampsoni Pocock, 1901 — India
• Olios helvus Keyserling, 1880 — Colombia
• Olios hirtus Karsch, 1879 — Sri Lanka
• Olios hoplites Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
• Olios humboldtianus Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Olios hyeroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1918 — Brazil
• Olios inaequipes Simon, 1890 — Sunda Islands
• Olios insignifer Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
• Olios insulanus Thorell, 1881 — Kei Islands
• Olios iranii Pocock, 1901 — Pakistan, India
• Olios isongonis Strand, 1915 — Cameroon
• Olios ituricus Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
• Olios jaldaparaensis Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007 — India
• Olios japonicus Jäger & Ono, 2000 — Ryukyu Islands
• Olios kassenjicola Strand, 1916 — Central Africa
• Olios keyserlingi Simon, 1880 — Brazil
• Olios kiranae Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
• Olios kruegeri Simon, 1897 — South Africa
• Olios lacticolor Lawrence, 1952 — South Africa
• Olios laevatus Simon, 1897 — Ethiopia
• Olios lamarcki Latreille, 1806 — Madagascar to Sri Lanka, India
  • Olios lamarcki taprobanicus Strand, 1913 — Sri Lanka
• Olios lepidus Vellard, 1924 — Brazil
• Olios longespinus Caporiacco, 1947 — East Africa
• Olios longipedatus Roewer, 1951 — Brazil
• Olios longipedes Roewer, 1951 — Sudan
• Olios luctuosus Banks, 1898 — Mexico
• Olios lutescens Thorell, 1894 — Pakistan, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java
• Olios luteus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
• Olios machadoi Lawrence, 1952 — South Africa
• Olios macroepigynus Soares, 1944 — Brazil
• Olios maculatus Blackwall, 1862 — Brazil, West Indies
• Olios maculinotatus Strand, 1909 — South Africa
• Olios mahabangkawitus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
• Olios malagassus Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
  • Olios malagassus septifer Strand, 1908 — Madagascar
• Olios manifestus O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
• Olios marshalli Pocock, 1898 — South Africa
• Olios mathani Simon, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
• Olios menghaiensis Wang & Zhang, 1990 — China
• Olios milleti Pocock, 1901 — India, Sri Lanka
• Olios minax O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 — USA, Mexico
• Olios minensis Mello-Leitão, 1917 — Brazil
• Olios mohavensis Fox, 1937 — USA
• Olios monticola Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Olios morbillosus MacLeay, 1827 — Australia
• Olios mordax O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 — Madagascar
• Olios muang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 — Laos
• Olios mutabilis Mello-Leitão, 1917 — Brazil
• Olios mygalinus Doleschall, 1857 — Moluccas, New Guinea
  • Olios mygalinus cinctipes Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Olios mygalinus nigripalpis Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
• Olios nanningensis Hu & Ru, 1988 — China
• Olios naturalisticus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
• Olios neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Olios nigrifrons Simon, 1897 — Java
• Olios nigristernis Simon, 1880 — Brazil
• Olios nigriventris Taczanowski, 1872 — French Guiana
• Olios niveomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Ecuador
• Olios nossibeensis Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
• Olios oberzelleri Kritscher, 1966 — New Caledonia
• Olios obesulus Pocock, 1901 — India
• Olios obscurus Keyserling, 1880 — Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
• Olios obtusus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Guatemala
• Olios occidentalis Karsch, 1879 — Congo
• Olios orchiticus Mello-Leitão, 1930 — Brazil
• Olios ornatus Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
• Olios oubatchensis Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Olios paalongus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
• Olios pacifer Lessert, 1921 — Congo, East Africa
• Olios paenuliformis Strand, 1916 — West Africa
• Olios pagurus Walckenaer, 1837 — Australia
• Olios paraensis Keyserling, 1880 — Brazil
• Olios patagiatus Simon, 1897 — India
• Olios pellucidus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
• Olios peninsulanus Banks, 1898 — Mexico
• Olios perezi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
• Olios peruvianus Roewer, 1951 — Peru
• Olios phipsoni Pocock, 1899 — India
• Olios pictitarsis Simon, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
• Olios plumipes Mello-Leitão, 1937 — Brazil
• Olios positivus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
• Olios praecinctus L. Koch, 1865 — New South Wales
• Olios princeps Hogg, 1914 — New Guinea
• Olios provocator Walckenaer, 1837 — South Africa
• Olios pulchripes Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
• Olios punctipes Simon, 1884 — India to Sumatra
  • Olios punctipes sordidatus Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
• Olios puniceus Simon, 1880 — Peru, Brazil
• Olios punjabensis Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
• Olios pusillus Simon, 1880 — Madagascar
• Olios pyrozonis Pocock, 1901 — India
• Olios quinquelineatus Taczanowski, 1872 — French Guiana
• Olios roeweri Caporiacco, 1955 — Guyana
• Olios rosettii Leardi, 1901 — India
• Olios rotundiceps Pocock, 1901 — India
• Olios rubripes Taczanowski, 1872 — French Guiana
• Olios rubriventris Thorell, 1881 — Moluccas, New Guinea
• Olios rufilatus Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon, Congo
• Olios rufus Keyserling, 1880 — Colombia
• Olios ruwenzoricus Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
• Olios sanctivincenti Simon, 1897 — St. Vincent
• Olios sanguinifrons Simon, 1906 — India
• Olios scalptor Jäger & Ono, 2001 — Taiwan
• Olios scepticus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
• Olios schistus Chamberlin, 1919 — USA
• Olios schonlandi Pocock, 1900 — South Africa
• Olios senilis Simon, 1880 — India, Sri Lanka
• Olios sericeus Kroneberg, 1875 — Georgia, Central Asia
• Olios sexpunctatus Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
• Olios sherwoodi Lessert, 1929 — Congo
• Olios similaris Rainbow, 1898 — New Guinea
• Olios similis O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
• Olios simoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1890 — Guatemala
• Olios sjostedti Lessert, 1921 — East Africa
• Olios skwarrae Roewer, 1933 — Mexico
• Olios socotranus Pocock, 1903 — Socotra
• Olios somalicus Caporiacco, 1940 — Somalia
• Olios soratensis Strand, 1907 — Bolivia
• Olios spenceri Pocock, 1896 — South Africa
• Olios spiculosus Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
• Olios spinipalpis Pocock, 1901 — South Africa
• Olios stictopus Pocock, 1898 — South Africa
• Olios stimulator Simon, 1897 — India
• Olios strandi Kolosváry, 1934 — New Guinea
• Olios striatus Blackwall, 1867 — India
• Olios stylifer F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico, Brazil
• Olios suavis O. P.-Cambridge, 1876 — Israel, Egypt
• Olios subadultus Mello-Leitão, 1930 — Brazil
• Olios subpusillus Strand, 1907 — Madagascar
• Olios sulphuratus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
• Olios sylvaticus Blackwall, 1862 — Brazil
• Olios tamerlani Roewer, 1951 — New Guinea
• Olios tarandus Simon, 1897 — India
• Olios tener Thorell, 1891 — Pakistan, India, Myanmar
• Olios tiantongensis Zhang & Kim, 1996 — China
• Olios tigrinus Keyserling, 1880 — Peru
• Olios tikaderi Kundu, Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1999 — India
• Olios timidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — Yarkand
• Olios triarmatus Lessert, 1936 — Mozambique
• Olios trifurcatus Pocock, 1899 — Cameroon
• Olios trinitatis Strand, 1916 — Trinidad
• Olios tuckeri Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
• Olios valenciae Strand, 1916 — Venezuela
• Olios variatus Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
• Olios velox Simon, 1880 — Peru
• Olios ventrosus Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
• Olios vestigator Simon, 1897 — East Africa
• Olios vitiosus Vellard, 1924 — Brazil
• Olios vittifemur Strand, 1916 — Central Africa
• Olios werneri Simon, 1906 — Sudan
• Olios wolfi Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
• Olios wroughtoni Simon, 1897 — India
• Olios xerxes Pocock, 1901 — Iran to India
• Olios yucatanus Chamberlin, 1925 — Mexico
• Olios zebra Thorell, 1881 — Moluccas
• Olios zulu Simon, 1880 — South Africa

References

1. Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 20 April 2012.