Orthobula
Genus of spiders
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Orthobula is a genus of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a member of Liocranidae.[2] It was transferred to Corinnidae in 2002,[3] to Phrurolithidae in 2014,[4] and to Trachelidae in 2017.[5]
| Orthobula | |
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| Australian species | |
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| O. radiata from Zimbabwe | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachelidae |
| Genus: | Orthobula Simon, 1897[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. impressa Simon, 1897 | |
| Species | |
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25, see text | |
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 25 species:[1]
- Orthobula aethiopica Haddad, Jin & Platnick, 2022 – Ethiopia
- Orthobula arca Haddad, Jin & Platnick, 2022 – South Africa
- Orthobula bilobata Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is.)
- Orthobula calceata Simon, 1897 – Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo
- Orthobula charitonovi (Mikhailov, 1986) – Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia
- Orthobula chayuensis Yang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China
- Orthobula crucifera Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – China, Korea, Japan
- Orthobula impressa Simon, 1897 – India, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Réunion (type species)
- Orthobula jiangxi Liu, 2022 – China
- Orthobula marusiki Haddad, Jin & Platnick, 2022 – Gambia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Rep.
- Orthobula mikhailovi Marusik, 2021 – Iran
- Orthobula milloti Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya, Tanzania
- Orthobula nigra He & Jin, 2024 – China
- Orthobula puncta Yang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China
- Orthobula pura Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Orthobula qinghaiensis Hu, 2001 – China
- Orthobula quadrinotata Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi)
- Orthobula radiata Simon, 1897 – Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
- Orthobula sicca Simon, 1903 – Madagascar
- Orthobula spiniformis Tso, Zhu, J. X. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2005 – Taiwan
- Orthobula sudamericana Piñanez & Munévar, 2022 – Paraguay, Argentina
- Orthobula tibenensis Hu, 2001 – China
- Orthobula trinotata Simon, 1896 – Philippines
- Orthobula yaginumai Platnick, 1977 – China
- Orthobula zhangmuensis Hu & Li, 1987 – China
