Eriovixia

Eriovixia
Female Eriovixia sakiedaorum
Male E. sakiedaorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Eriovixia
Archer, 1951[1]
Type species
E. rhinura
(Pocock, 1900)
Species

33, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Simonarachne Archer, 1951[2]

Eriovixia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951.[3]

Most species are found from India to the Philippines and Indonesia, with a few species in Africa.

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes 33 species:[1]

  • Eriovixia bannaensis Zhou, Zhu & Zhang, 2017China
  • Eriovixia cavaleriei (Schenkel, 1963) – China
  • Eriovixia enshiensis (Yin & Zhao, 1994) – China
  • Eriovixia excelsa (Simon, 1889)Pakistan, India, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia. Introduced to South Africa, Eswatini
  • Eriovixia ganae Mi & Li, 2021 – China
  • Eriovixia gryffindori Ahmed, Khalap & Sumukha, 2016 – India
  • Eriovixia hainanensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) – China (Hainan)
  • Eriovixia huwena Han & Zhu, 2010 – China
  • Eriovixia jianfengensis Han & Zhu, 2010 – China (Hainan)
  • Eriovixia kachugaonensis P. Basumatary, Chanda, Das, Kalita, Brahma, T. Basumatary, B. K. Basumatary & Daimary, 2019 – India
  • Eriovixia laglaizei (Simon, 1877) – Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Philippines, Indonesia
  • Eriovixia liuhongi Mi & Li, 2021 – China
  • Eriovixia mahabaeus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
  • Eriovixia menglunensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) – China
  • Eriovixia napiformis (Thorell, 1899)Cameroon, East Africa, Yemen
  • Eriovixia nigrimaculata Han & Zhu, 2010 – China
  • Eriovixia nocturnalis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2018 – Bangladesh
  • Eriovixia palawanensis (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – India, Philippines
  • Eriovixia patulisus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – India, Philippines
  • Eriovixia pengi Mi & Li, 2021 – China
  • Eriovixia poonaensis (Tikader & Bal, 1981) – India, China, Thailand, Malaysia
  • Eriovixia porcula (Simon, 1877)Singapore, Philippines
  • Eriovixia pseudocentrodes (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Laos, Japan
  • Eriovixia rhinura (Pocock, 1900) – West, Central Africa (type species)
  • Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999 – India, China (Hainan), Taiwan, Japan
  • Eriovixia sticta Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010 – China
  • Eriovixia tangi Mi & Li, 2021 – China
  • Eriovixia turbinata (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, DR Congo
  • Eriovixia wangchengi Mi & Li, 2021 – China
  • Eriovixia yaoi Mi & Li, 2021 – China
  • Eriovixia yinae Mi & Li, 2021 – China
  • Eriovixia yunnanensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) – China, Thailand
  • Eriovixia zhengi Mi & Li, 2021 – China

References

  1. ^ a b c "Genus Eriovixia". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ^ Grasshoff, M. (1986). "Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae)". Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen. 250: 36.
  3. ^ Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1". American Museum Novitates (1487): 1–52.