Eriauchenus lukemacaulayi | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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 |
Eriauchenus lukemacaulayi is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Taxonomy
The holotype was collected by Hannah Wood in the Parc National Andrigitra. The specific name is to honor Dr. Luke Macaulay. The genus name has also been incorrectly spelt "Eriauchenius".
Habitat and distribution
The spider is found primarily in rainforests.
References
- Englefield, E. (2021). "Eriauchenius lukemacaulayi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T190101863A190787877.en.
- ^ 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.
- 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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Eriauchenus lukemacaulayi |
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