Eriauchenius

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Eriauchenius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Archaeidae
Genus: Eriauchenius
O. P-Cambridge, 1881
Diversity
10 species
Type species
Eriauchenius workmanni
O. P-Cambridge
Species

See text.

Eriauchenius is a genus of assassin spiders that occurs almost exclusively on Madagascar.

About ten species have been discovered as of 2006.

[edit] Species

  • Eriauchenius bourgini (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius cornutus (Lotz, 2003) (South Africa)
  • Eriauchenius gracilicollis (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius jeanneli (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius legendrei (Platnick, 1991) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius pauliani (Legendre, 1970) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius ratsirarsoni (Lotz, 2003) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius tsingyensis (Lotz, 2003) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius vadoni (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius workmani O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 (Madagascar)

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