Eriauchenus
TaxonEriauchenus
AuthorityO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881[1]
Type speciesE. workmani
Type species authorityO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
Subdivision ranksSpecies
Subdivision20, see text

Eriauchenus is a genus of East African assassin spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1881.[2] The genus name has been incorrectly spelt "Eriauchenius".[1]

Species

As of November 2021, it contained twenty species, all found on Madagascar:[1]

References

  1. ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). "Gen. Eriauchenus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1881). "On some new genera and species of Araneidea.". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 49 (3): 765–775. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01333.x