Deliochus

Deliochus is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]

Deliochus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Deliochus
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
D. zelivira
(Keyserling, 1887)
Species

5, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]

  • Deliochus humilis (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia, Papua New Guinea
  • Deliochus idoneus (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia)
  • Deliochus pulchra Rainbow, 1916 – Australia (Queensland)
    • Deliochus p. melania Rainbow, 1916 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Deliochus zelivira (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia, Tasmania

References

  1. "Gen. Deliochus Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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