''Deliochus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
South Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...
in 1895.
Species
it contains five species:
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Deliochus humilis''
(L. Koch, 1867) – Australia, Papua New Guinea
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Deliochus idoneus''
(Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia)
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Deliochus pulchra''
Rainbow, 1916 – Australia (Queensland)
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Deliochus p. melania''
Rainbow, 1916 – Australia (Queensland)
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Deliochus zelivira''
(Keyserling, 1887) – Australia, Tasmania
References
Araneidae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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