''Euagrus'' is a
genus
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of
spider
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in the family
Euagridae
''Euagridae'' is a family of mygalomorph spiders. The group was first described as a tribe in 1979 by Robert Raven, who in 1985 elevated it to a subfamily. In 2020, Optova et al. elevated it further to a family.
Genera
, the World Spider Catalog ...
. It was first described by
Anton Ausserer
Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographia aranearum, Les ...
in 1875.
It has been referred to as "Evagrus", but this is a transcript error, not an accepted synonym.
It is very similar to the genus ''
Allothele
''Allothele'' is a genus of African spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1920.
Species
it contains five species:
*'' Allothele australis'' (Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 N ...
'', and several species have been transferred there, including ''Euagrus caffer'', ''Euagrus regnardi'', and ''Euagrus teretis''.
Species
it contained the following species:
*''
Euagrus anops''
Gertsch
Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
Gertsch was born ...
, 1973 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus atropurpureus''
Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
*''
Euagrus carlos''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico to Costa Rica
*''
Euagrus cavernicola''
Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus charcus''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus chisoseus''
Gertsch, 1939 – USA (Southeast Arizona to southern Texas
), Mexico
*''
Euagrus comstocki''
Gertsch, 1935 – USA (along the lower
Rio Grande
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The length of the Rio G ...
, Colorado
)
*''
Euagrus formosanus''
Saito, 1933 – Taiwan
*''
Euagrus garnicus''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus gertschi''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus guatemalensis''
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Guatemala
*''
Euagrus gus''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus josephus''
Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus leones''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus luteus''
Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus lynceus''
Brignoli, 1974 – Mexico, Guatemala
*''
Euagrus mexicanus''
Ausserer, 1875 (
type
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) – Mexico
*''
Euagrus pristinus''
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1899 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus rothi''
Coyle, 1988 – USA (
Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona
)
*''
Euagrus rubrigularis''
Simon, 1890 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus troglodyta''
Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico
*''
Euagrus zacus''
Coyle, 1988 – Mexico
References
External links
Euagrusat
BugGuide
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Euagridae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
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