Oltacloea

Oltacloea is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.^[2] As of June 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found only in Argentina and Brazil: O. beltraoae, O. mutilata, and O. ribaslangei.^[1] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.^[3]

Oltacloea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Prodidomidae
Genus:	Oltacloea Mello-Leitão, 1940[1]
Type species
O. mutilata Mello-Leitão, 1940
Species
O. beltraoae Brescovit & Ramos, 2003 – Brazil O. mutilata Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Argentina O. ribaslangei Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1997 – Brazil

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species