The spider Losdolobus nelsoni Pompozzi, 2015-the first report of the family Orsolobidae in Uruguay (Araneae: Synspermiata)

The family Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965, is newly recorded for Uruguay, with the first record of Losdolobus nelsoni Pompozzi, 2015, a recently described species that is endemic to the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and herein recorded in the Rocha and Montevideo departments. The biogeographic implications of this record are commented on and some data on the phenology of the species are presented.

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