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Euprosthenopsis
Euprosthenopsis sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pisauridae
Genus:	Euprosthenopsis Blandin, 1974
Type species
E. armata (Strand, 1913)
Species
7, see text

Euprosthenopsis is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1974.

Species

As of June 2019 it contains seven species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:

• Euprosthenopsis armata (Strand, 1913) (type) – Central, East Africa
• Euprosthenopsis lamorali Blandin, 1977 – South Africa
• Euprosthenopsis lesserti (Roewer, 1955) – East Africa
  • Euprosthenopsis l. garambensis (Lessert, 1928) – Central Africa
• Euprosthenopsis pulchella (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
• Euprosthenopsis rothschildi Blandin, 1977 – Kenya
• Euprosthenopsis vachoni Blandin, 1977 – Djibouti
• Euprosthenopsis vuattouxi Blandin, 1977 – Ivory Coast

See also

• List of Pisauridae species

References

1. ^ "Gen. Euprosthenopsis Blandin, 1974". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
2. Blandin, P. (1974). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines II. Définition du genre Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 et description du genre Euprosthenopsis n. gen. (Araneae-Pisauridae-Pisaurinae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 81: 933–947. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.76052.

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