''Euprosthenops'' is a

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of nursery web spiders that was first described by

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in 1897.

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it contains ten species and one subspecies, found only in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

and

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

: *'' Euprosthenops australis''

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, 1898 – Senegal, Nigeria, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa *''

Euprosthenops bayaonianus ''Euprosthenops'' is a genus of Pisauridae, nursery web spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. Species it contains ten species and one subspecies, found only in Africa, India and Israel: *''Euprosthenops australis'' E ...

'' (Brito Capello, 1867) (

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) – West, Central, East Africa *'' Euprosthenops benoiti'' Blandin, 1976 – Rwanda *'' Euprosthenops biguttatus'' Roewer, 1955 – Congo, Namibia *'' Euprosthenops ellioti'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) – India *'' Euprosthenops insperatus'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2021 – Israel *'' Euprosthenops pavesii'' Lessert, 1928 – Central, East Africa *'' Euprosthenops proximus'' Lessert, 1916 – Central, East, Southern Africa **'' Euprosthenops p. maximus'' Blandin, 1976 – Ivory Coast *'' Euprosthenops schenkeli'' (Roewer, 1955) – East Africa *'' Euprosthenops wuehlischi'' Roewer, 1955 – Namibia

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Araneomorphae genera Pisauridae Spiders of Africa Spiders of the Indian subcontinent Taxa named by R. I. Pocock {{Pisauridae-stub

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