Orsonwelles torosus

Orsonwelles torosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Orsonwelles
Species:	O. torosus
Binomial name
Orsonwelles torosus (Simon, 1900)
Original range in the Hawaiian Islands
Synonyms
Labulla torosa Simon, 1900

Orsonwelles torosus is a species of linyphiid spider endemic to Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It was described in 1900 by the French naturalist Eugène Simon based on a specimen collected in the 1890s, but has not been collected since, and is presumed extinct.

References

• Hormiga, Gustavo (2002). "Orsonwelles, a new genus of giant linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Hawaiian Islands" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 16: 369–448. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)