Eriauchenus Explained

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

Species

, it contained twenty species, all found on Madagascar:^[2]

• Eriauchenus andriamanelo Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus andrianampoinimerina Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus bourgini (Millot, 1948) – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus fisheri (Lotz, 2003) – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus goodmani Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus harveyi Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus lukemacaulayi Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus mahariraensis (Lotz, 2003) – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus milajaneae Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus milloti Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus pauliani (Legendre, 1970) – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus rafohy Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus ranavalona Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus rangita Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus ratsirarsoni (Lotz, 2003) – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus rixi Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus sama Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus workmani O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 (type) – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus wunderlichi Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
• Eriauchenus zirafy Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar

Notes and References

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