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Eriovixia

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Eriovixia
Female Eriovixia sakiedaorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Eriovixia
Archer, 1951[1]
Type species
E. rhinura
(Pocock, 1900)
Species

33, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Simonarachne Archer, 1951[2]
  • Tukaraneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995[3]

Eriovixia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951.[4]

Species

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As of July 2021 it contains thirty-three species found throughout Africa and Asia:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Eriovixia Archer, 1951". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  2. ^ Grasshoff, M. (1986). "Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae)". Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen. 250: 36.
  3. ^ Han, G. X.; Zhu, M. S. (2010). "Taxonomy and biogeography of the spider genus Eriovixia (Araneae: Araneidae) from Hainan Island, China". Journal of Natural History. 44 (43): 2611. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.507315. S2CID 84694935.
  4. ^ Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1". American Museum Novitates (1487): 1–52.