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Eriophora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Araneae

Family
  
Araneidae

Rank
  
genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Suborder
  
Araneomorphae

Higher classification
  
Orb-weaver spider

Eriophora Eriophora transmarinaFriends of Queens Park Bushland Friends of

Similar
  
Orb‑weaver spider, Australian garden orb weaver s, Arachnid, Cyrtophora, Eustala

Ara a eriophora ravilla tropical orb weaver spider


Eriophora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that occur in the Americas, Australasia and Africa. Eriophora transmarina is commonly known as the "Australian garden orb weaver spider".

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Eriophora Garden Orb Weaving Spiders Australian Museum

Most species now grouped under Eriophora have been classified as Araneus at some time in their description history.

Name

The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek roots erio "wool" and phorein "to carry".

Species

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  • Eriophora astridae (Strand, 1917) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
  • Eriophora aurea (Saito, 1934) — Japan
  • Eriophora baotianmanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) — China
  • Eriophora biapicata (L. Koch, 1871) — Australia
  • Eriophora collina (Keyserling, 1886) — Queensland
  • Eriophora decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) — New Zealand
  • Eriophora edax (Blackwall, 1863) — USA to Brazil
  • Eriophora flavicoma (Simon, 1880) — New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
  • Eriophora fuliginea (C. L. Koch, 1838) — Honduras to Brazil
  • Eriophora heroine (L. Koch, 1871) — Australia, New Zealand
  • Eriophora himalayaensis (Tikader, 1975) — India, China
  • Eriophora nephiloides (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Guatemala to Guyana
  • Eriophora neufvilleorum (Lessert, 1930) — Congo, Ethiopia
  • Eriophora oculosa (Zhu & Song, 1994) — China
  • Eriophora plumiopedella (Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987) — China, Taiwan
  • Eriophora poecila (Zhu & Wang, 1994) — China
  • Eriophora pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1842) — Australia, Pacific Islands, New Zealand
  • Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844) — USA to Brazil
  • Eriophora sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865) — New Guinea, Australia, Samoa
  • Eriophora tricentra (Zhu & Song, 1994) — China
  • Eriophora yanbaruensis (Tanikawa, 2000) — Japan

    • Eriophora ERIOPHORA TRANSMARINA KEYSERLING 1856

    Eriophora photo of Eriophora pustulosa

    References

    Eriophora Wikipedia
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