''Euagrus'' is a
genus
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of
spider
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in the family
Euagridae
''Euagridae'' is a family of mygalomorph spiders. The group was first described as a tribe in 1979 by Robert Raven, who in 1985 elevated it to a subfamily. In 2020, Opatova et al. elevated it further to a family.
Genera
, the World Spider Catal ...
. It was first described by
Anton Ausserer
Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian natural history, naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographi ...
in 1875.
It has been referred to as "Evagrus", but this is a transcript error, not an accepted synonym.
It is very similar to the genus ''
Allothele'', and several species have been transferred there, including ''Euagrus caffer'', ''Euagrus regnardi'', and ''Euagrus teretis''.
Species
it contained 22 species:
*''
Euagrus anops''
Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus atropurpureus''
Purcell
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, 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
), Mexico
*''
Euagrus comstocki''
Gertsch, 1935 – USA (along the lower
Rio Grande
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, Colorado
)
*''
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
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, 1924 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus leones''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus luteus''
Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus lynceus''
Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico, Guatemala
*''
Euagrus mexicanus''
Ausserer, 1875 (
type
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) – Mexico
*''
Euagrus pristinus''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus rothi''
Coyle, 1988 – USA (
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, Arizona
)
*''
Euagrus rubrigularis''
Simon, 1890 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus troglodyta''
Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus zacus''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
References
External links
Euagrusat
BugGuide
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*
Euagridae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
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