Eriovixia
Fauna Portal Genus Number: 2648
(after Archer 1951): Epigynum composed of a stout scape with recurved tip, flatter than that of Neoscona. Atriolar openings anterior to a pair of curved sclerites almost completely incorporated in main body of scape, and visible only on the caudal face of the latter. Carapace pilose, especially on the cephalon. Anterior row of eyes more nearly straight than posterior row. Posterior median eyes (at least in the African species) slightly larger than the anterior ones, but this relation may not be constant. Abdomen subtriangular and with or without a caudal appendage. Spinal arrangement about as usual on the legs. Tibia I longer than the very short, wide carapace.
Eriovixia has not been diagnosed considering male pedipalp morphology. In Scharff et al.'s (2020) phylogenetic analysis, the genus was represented not by the type species, the afrotropical E. rhinura, but by the Oriental E. laglazei. This was placed in a clade with Bijoaraneus and Araneus retundulus, possibly representing an undescribed new genus.
Publications
Archer AF (1951): Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. American Museum Novitates. 1 - 52
Scharff N, Coddington JA, Blackledge TA, Agnarsson I, Framenau VW, Szúts T, Hayashi C & Dimitrov D (2020): Phylogeny of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea). Cladistics. 36: 1 - 21