Eriauchenius gracilicollis

Eriauchenius gracilicollis

Taxobox
name = "Eriauchenius gracilicollis"


image_width = 250px
image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Archaeidae
genus = "Eriauchenius"
species = "E. gracilicollis"
binomial = "Eriauchenius gracilicollis "
binomial_authority = (Millot, 1948)
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"Eriauchenius gracilicollis" is an assassin spider. It is merely 2mm long and catches other spiders with venomous fangs at the end of its hugely elongated jaws (chelicerae).

These animals normally run upside down.

Etymology

From Latin "gracilis" "slender" and "collum" "neck".

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

External links

* [http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/personnel/jmiller/Eriauchenius.htm Picture of "E. gracilicollis"]
* [http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/academy_research/assassin_spiders.php Article with very nice picture]


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