Euprosthenopsis
Euprosthenopsis is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1974.[2]
| Euprosthenopsis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Euprosthenopsis sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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7, see text | |
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
- "Gen. Euprosthenopsis Blandin, 1974". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- 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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