Eriophora

Eriophora
Eriophora nephiloides from Belmopan, Belize
Eriophora heroine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Eriophora
Simon, 1864
Type species
Epeira ravilla
Species

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]

Etymology

The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek roots erio "wool" and phorein "to carry".

Species

The genus includes the following 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

Notes

  1. ↑ Platnick 2009

References


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