Euprosthenopsis

Euprosthenopsis is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1974.^[2]

Euprosthenopsis
Euprosthenopsis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pisauridae
Genus:	Euprosthenopsis Blandin, 1974[1]
Type species
E. armata (Strand, 1913)
Species
7, see text

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains seven species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:^[1]

• Euprosthenopsis armata (Strand, 1913) (type) – Central, East Africa
• Euprosthenopsis lamorali Blandin, 1977 – South Africa
• Euprosthenopsis lesserti (Roewer, 1955) – East Africa
  • Euprosthenopsis l. garambensis (Lessert, 1928) – Central Africa
• Euprosthenopsis pulchella (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
• Euprosthenopsis rothschildi Blandin, 1977 – Kenya
• Euprosthenopsis vachoni Blandin, 1977 – Djibouti
• Euprosthenopsis vuattouxi Blandin, 1977 – Ivory Coast

See also

• List of Pisauridae species