Eurypoena

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Eurypoena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Eurypoena
Wunderlich, 1992 [1]
Species:
E. tuberosa
Binomial name
Eurypoena tuberosa
(Wunderlich, 1987)
Subspecies
  • E. tuberosa tuberosa(Wunderlich, 1987)
  • E. tuberosa alegranzaensisWunderlich, 1992

Eurypoena is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Eurypoena tuberosa. The species was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992 who then created the genus in 1992. [2] It is found on the Canary Islands. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Eurypoena Wunderlich, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1992). "Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 1: 1–619.