Eriophora

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Eriophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Family: Araneidae Genus: Eriophora Simon, 1864
Diversity
22 species
Type species
Epeira ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844
Species
See text.

Eriophora is a genus of orb weaver spiders that occur in the Americas, Australasia and Africa. Eriophora transmarina is commonly known as the "Australian garden orb weaver spider".

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek roots erio "wool" and phorein "to carry".

[edit] Species

• Eriophora astridae (Strand, 1917) (China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan)
• Eriophora aurea (Saito, 1934) (Japan)
• Eriophora baotianmanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) (China)
• Eriophora biapicata (L. Koch, 1871) (Australia)
• Eriophora collina (Keyserling, 1886) (Queensland)
• Eriophora decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) (New Zealand)
• Eriophora edax (Blackwall, 1863) (USA to Brazil)
• Eriophora flavicoma (Simon, 1880) (New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.)
• Eriophora fuliginea (C. L. Koch, 1838) (Honduras to Brazil)
• Eriophora heroine (L. Koch, 1871) (Australia, New Zealand)
• Eriophora himalayaensis (Tikader, 1975) (India, China)
• Eriophora nephiloides (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) (Guatemala to Guyana)
• Eriophora neufvilleorum (Lessert, 1930) (Congo, Ethiopia)
• Eriophora oculosa Zhu & Song, 1994 (China)
• Eriophora plumiopedella (Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987) (China, Taiwan)
• Eriophora poecila (Zhu & Wang, 1994) (China)
• Eriophora pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1842) (Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand)
• Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844) (USA to Brazil)
• Eriophora sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) (Russia, China, Korea, Japan)
• Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865) (New Guinea, Australia, Samoa)
• Eriophora tricentra Zhu & Song, 1994 (China)
• Eriophora yanbaruensis Tanikawa, 2000 (Japan)