They make large webs in vegetation with funnel at bottom. Euprosthenops moves under the web. The female carries the egg sac below the body and builds a nursery-web when spiderlings emerge.[4]
Description
In Euprosthenops, the carapace is longer than wide. The eyes are arranged in four rows. The clypeus has a blunt projection on which the anterior lateral eyes are situated. The diameter of the anterior median eyes is smaller than that of the anterior lateral eyes. The median ocular quadrangle is longer than or as long as its posterior width.[4]
The chelicerae have four posterior teeth. The abdomen is elongate and tapers to the back. The legs have spines on the femur, tibia and metatarsi, while the patellae have one spine dorso-apically. All legs have three claws.[4]
Taxonomy
The genus Euprosthenops was described by Pocock in 1897. It has been revised by Blandin (1976), with notes on some species by Silva and Sierwald (2014).[4]
Species
As of October2025[update], this genus includes ten species and one subspecies:[1]
1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Pisauridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p.23. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157775.This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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