Eriauchenus andriamanelo

Eriauchenus andriamanelo is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Eriauchenus andriamanelo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Archaeidae
Genus: Eriauchenus
Species:
E. andriamanelo
Binomial name
Eriauchenus andriamanelo
Wood and Schraff, 2018

Taxonomy

The holotype was collected by Hannah Wood and Nikolaj Schraff in the Montagne d'Ambre National Park. The specific name commemorates King Andriamanelo, the founder of the Merina Kingdom.[2] The genus name has also been incorrectly spelt "Eriauchenius".[3]

Habitat and distribution

The spider is found from northern to central western Madagascar.[2]

References

  1. Englefield, E. (2021). "Eriauchenius andriamanelo". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T190101235A190228603.en.
  2. Wood, Hannah; Scharff, Nikolaj (2018-01-11). "A review of the Madagascan pelican spiders of the genera Eriauchenius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 and Madagascarchaea gen. n. (Araneae, Archaeidae)". ZooKeys (727): 1–96. doi:10.3897/zookeys.727.20222. PMC 5799789. PMID 29416388.
  3. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). "Gen. Eriauchenus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-21.


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