| Kunz Olios Huntsman Spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Olios |
| Species: | O. kunzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Olios kunzi Jäger, 2020[1]
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Olios kunzi is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae.[2] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as the Kunz Olios huntsman spider.[3]
Distribution
Olios kunzi is known from Namibia, possibly Zambia, and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is recorded only from Free State Province at an altitude of 1,303 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Specimens from South Africa have been collected from under stones in grassland.[3]
Description
Olios kunzi has a yellowish-brown carapace with the fovea reddish-brown and reddish-brown chelicerae. The legs are slightly darker distally. The abdomen dorsally displays a tuning-fork pattern and few lateral dots, while ventrally it has few dots.[3]
Conservation
Olios kunzi is listed as least concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide distribution range across southern Africa.[3]
Taxonomy
Olios kunzi was described by Jäger in 2020 from specimens collected in Windhoek, Namibia. The species is known from both sexes.[3]
References
- ^ Jäger, P. (2020). "The spider genus Olios Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae: Sparassidae) – Part 1: species groups, diagnoses, identification keys, distribution maps and revision of the argelasius-, coenobitus- and auricomis-groups". Zootaxa. 4866 (1): 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4866.1.1.
- ^ a b "Olios kunzi Jäger, 2020". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ a b c d e f Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2022). The Sparassidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 24. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6614498. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
