Eriauchenus lukemacaulayi

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

Eriauchenus lukemacaulayi
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. lukemacaulayi
Binomial name
Eriauchenus lukemacaulayi
Wood and Schraff, 2018

Taxonomy

The holotype was collected by Hannah Wood in the Parc National Andrigitra. The specific name is to honor Dr. Luke Macaulay.[2] The genus name has also been incorrectly spelt "Eriauchenius".[3]

Habitat and distribution

The spider is found primarily in rainforests.[2]

References

  1. Englefield, E. (2021). "Eriauchenius lukemacaulayi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T190101863A190787877.en.
  2. Wood, Hannah M.; Scharff, Nikolaj (2018). "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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