Biology:Euprosthenopsis

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Euprosthenopsis
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Euprosthenopsis sp.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Euprosthenopsis
Blandin, 1974[1]
Type species
E. armata
(Strand, 1913)
Species

7, see text

Euprosthenopsis is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1974.[2]

Species

(As of June 2019) it contains seven species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:[1]

  • Euprosthenopsis armata (Strand, 1913) (type) – Central, East Africa
  • Euprosthenopsis lamorali Blandin, 1977 – South Africa
  • Euprosthenopsis lesserti (Roewer, 1955) – East Africa
    • Euprosthenopsis l. garambensis (Lessert, 1928) – Central Africa
  • Euprosthenopsis pulchella (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
  • Euprosthenopsis rothschildi Blandin, 1977 – Kenya
  • Euprosthenopsis vachoni Blandin, 1977 – Djibouti
  • Euprosthenopsis vuattouxi Blandin, 1977 – Ivory Coast

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Euprosthenopsis Blandin, 1974". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2403. Retrieved 2019-07-05. 
  2. Blandin, P. (1974). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines II. Définition du genre Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 et description du genre Euprosthenopsis n. gen. (Araneae-Pisauridae-Pisaurinae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 81: 933–947. 

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