''Deliochus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
South Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
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 Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
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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