Euprosthenopsis
| Euprosthenopsis | |
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| Euprosthenopsis sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Euprosthenopsis is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1974.[2]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "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. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.76052.