Eusparassus

Eusparassus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[3]

Eusparassus
Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present
Eusparassus dufouri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Eusparassus
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
E. dufouri
Simon, 1932
Species

33, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of September 2019 it contains thirty-three species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Peru:[1]

  • Eusparassus arabicus Moradmand, 2013 – Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  • Eusparassus atlanticus Simon, 1909 – Morocco
  • Eusparassus barbarus (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Eusparassus bicorniger (Pocock, 1898) – Egypt, Ethiopia, East Africa
  • Eusparassus borakalalo Moradmand, 2013 – South Africa
  • Eusparassus doriae (Simon, 1874) – Iran
  • Eusparassus dufouri Simon, 1932 (type) – Portugal, Spain. Introduced to the Netherlands
  • Eusparassus educatus Moradmand, 2013 – Namibia
  • Eusparassus fritschi (C. Koch, 1873) – Morocco
  • Eusparassus fuscimanus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • Eusparassus jaegeri Moradmand, 2013 – Botswana, South Africa
  • Eusparassus jocquei Moradmand, 2013 – Zimbabwe
  • Eusparassus kronebergi Denis, 1958 – Iran, Afghanistan, India
  • Eusparassus laevatus (Simon, 1897) – Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Arabian Peninsula
  • Eusparassus laterifuscus Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
  • Eusparassus letourneuxi (Simon, 1874) – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Eusparassus levantinus Urones, 2006 – Spain
  • Eusparassus maynardi (Pocock, 1901) – Pakistan
  • Eusparassus mesopotamicus Moradmand & Jäger, 2012 – Iraq, Iran
  • Eusparassus oculatus (Kroneberg, 1875) – Iran, Central Asia to China
  • Eusparassus oraniensis (Lucas, 1846) – North Africa
  • Eusparassus pearsoni (Pocock, 1901) – India
  • Eusparassus perezi (Simon, 1902) – Somalia, Djibouti, Arabian Peninsula
  • Eusparassus pontii Caporiacco, 1935 – India, Pakistan
  • Eusparassus potanini (Simon, 1895) – China
  • Eusparassus reverentia Moradmand, 2013 – Burkina Faso, Nigeria
  • Eusparassus schoemanae Moradmand, 2013 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Eusparassus shefteli Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
  • Eusparassus syrticus Simon, 1909 – Tunisia
  • Eusparassus tuckeri Lawrence, 1927 – Angola, Namibia
  • Eusparassus vestigator (Simon, 1897) – East Africa
  • Eusparassus walckenaeri (Audouin, 1826) – Greece, Turkey, Algeria to Iraq, Sudan, Iran?
  • Eusparassus xerxes (Pocock, 1901) – United Arab Emirates, Iran, Pakistan

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Eusparassus Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Moradmand, M.; Jäger, P. (2012). "Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Arachnida Araneae, Sparassidae): proposed conservation of the generic name". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 69 (4): 251.
  3. Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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