Eriophora
| Eriophora | |
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| Eriophora heroine | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Eriophora Simon, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Epeira ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| 22 species | |
Eriophora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that occur in the Americas, Australasia and Africa. Eriophora transmarina is commonly known as the "Australian garden orb weaver spider".
Most species now grouped under Eriophora have been classified as Araneus at some time in their description history.[1]
Name
The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek roots erio "wool" and phorein "to carry".
Species
- Eriophora astridae (Strand, 1917) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Eriophora aurea (Saito, 1934) — Japan
- Eriophora baotianmanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) — China
- Eriophora biapicata (L. Koch, 1871) — Australia
- Eriophora collina (Keyserling, 1886) — Queensland
- Eriophora decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) — New Zealand
- Eriophora edax (Blackwall, 1863) — USA to Brazil
- Eriophora flavicoma (Simon, 1880) — New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
- Eriophora fuliginea (C. L. Koch, 1838) — Honduras to Brazil
- Eriophora heroine (L. Koch, 1871) — Australia, New Zealand
- Eriophora himalayaensis (Tikader, 1975) — India, China
- Eriophora nephiloides (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Guatemala to Guyana
- Eriophora neufvilleorum (Lessert, 1930) — Congo, Ethiopia
- Eriophora oculosa (Zhu & Song, 1994) — China
- Eriophora plumiopedella (Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987) — China, Taiwan
- Eriophora poecila (Zhu & Wang, 1994) — China
- Eriophora pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1842) — Australia, Pacific Islands, New Zealand
- Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844) — USA to Brazil
- Eriophora sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865) — New Guinea, Australia, Samoa
- Eriophora tricentra (Zhu & Song, 1994) — China
- Eriophora yanbaruensis (Tanikawa, 2000) — Japan
Gallery
Flame-bellied or orange-bellied orb-weaver in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Either Eriophora heroine or Eriophora pustuosa
Portrait of Eriophora heroine or Eriophora pustuosa
Notes
- ↑ Platnick 2009
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Eriophora ravilla, a tropical orb weaver spider on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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