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Updated on Jun 12, 2018
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Covid-19 Animalia Araneae Archaeidae Arthropoda Arachnida Araneomorphae Eriauchenius Species Eriauchenius gracilicollis Archaeidae, Palpimanoidea, Mecysmaucheniidae, Hersilia, Hickmania
Eriauchenius gracilicollis is an assassin spider. It is merely 2mm long and catches other spiders with venomous fangs at the end of its hugely elongated jaws (chelicerae).
These animals normally run upside down.
From Latin gracilis "slender" and collum "neck".
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
Eriauchenius gracilicollis Wikipedia