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Eriauchenus andriamanelo

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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
Eriauchenius andriamanelo
Wood and Schraff, 2018

Eriauchenius andriamanelo is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Taxonomy

The holotype was collected by Hannah Wood and Nikolaj Schraff in the Montagne d'Ambre National Park. The specific mane commemorates King Andriamanelo, the founder of the Merina Kingdom.[1]

Habitat and distribution

The spider is found from northern to central western Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.