| Ero furcata | |
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| Ero furcata, adult female | |
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| Egg sac of Ero furcata, from a hole in a tree, Botanical Garden (Flora) of Cologne, Germany | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mimetidae |
| Genus: | Ero |
| Species: | E. furcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ero furcata (Villers, 1789) [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Ero furcata is a pirate spider species with Palearctic distribution, being native from the Azores to Japan. [1] It is notably also found in Ireland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. [2] [3] It was first described by Villers in 1789 as Aranea furcata. [1]