Euagrus

Genus of spiders

Euagrus
Euagrus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euagridae
Genus: Euagrus
Ausserer, 1875[1]
Type species
E. mexicanus
Ausserer, 1875
Species

See text.

Euagrus is a genus of spider in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.[2] It has been referred to as "Evagrus", but this is a transcript error, not an accepted synonym.[3] It is very similar to the genus Allothele, and several species have been transferred there, including Euagrus caffer, Euagrus regnardi, and Euagrus teretis.

Species

As of July 2020[update] it contained the following species:[1]

  • Euagrus anops Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
  • Euagrus atropurpureus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • Euagrus carlos Coyle, 1988 – Mexico to Costa Rica
  • Euagrus cavernicola Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
  • Euagrus charcus Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
  • Euagrus chisoseus Gertsch, 1939 – USA (Southeast Arizona to southern Texas[4]), Mexico
  • Euagrus comstocki Gertsch, 1935 – USA (along the lower Rio Grande, Colorado[4])
  • Euagrus formosanus Saito, 1933 – Taiwan
  • Euagrus garnicus Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
  • Euagrus gertschi Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
  • Euagrus guatemalensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Guatemala
  • Euagrus gus Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
  • Euagrus josephus Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
  • Euagrus leones Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
  • Euagrus luteus Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
  • Euagrus lynceus Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico, Guatemala
  • Euagrus mexicanus Ausserer, 1875 (type) – Mexico
  • Euagrus pristinus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Mexico
  • Euagrus rothi Coyle, 1988 – USA (Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona[4])
  • Euagrus rubrigularis Simon, 1890 – Mexico
  • Euagrus troglodyta Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico
  • Euagrus zacus Coyle, 1988 – Mexico

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Euagrus Ausserer, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. ^ Ausserer, A. (1875). "Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 25: 125–206.
  3. ^ Coyle, F.A. (1984). "A revision of the African mygalomorph spider genus Allothele". American Museum Novitates (2794): 1–20.
  4. ^ a b c "Genus Euagrus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-01.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Euagrus


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