''Eriauchenus'' is a
genus
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of
East Africa
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n
assassin spiders
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first described by
O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1881.
The genus name has been incorrectly spelt "''Eriauchenius''".
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Species
, it contained twenty species, all found on Madagascar
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) – Madagascar
*'' Eriauchenus wunderlichi'' Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
*'' Eriauchenus zirafy'' Wood & Scharff, 2018 – Madagascar
References
Araneomorphae genera
Archaeidae
Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Spiders of Madagascar
Spiders of South Africa
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