NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Duripelta peha Forster & Platnick, 1985
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Duripelta peha Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Name authority
- Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Orsolobidae
- Genus
- Duripelta
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyOrsolobidae Cooke, 1965
- genusDuripelta Forster, 1956
- speciesDuripelta peha Forster & Platnick, 1985
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Duripelta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Duripelta australis Forster, 1956 | OrsolobidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duripelta koomaa Forster & Platnick, 1985 | OrsolobidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duripelta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985 | OrsolobidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duripelta scuta Forster & Platnick, 1985 | OrsolobidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duripelta townsendi Forster & Platnick, 1985 | OrsolobidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Forster, R. R. & Platnick, N. I. (1985). A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 181: 1-230. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:383WS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.