Eriauchenius gracilicollis
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Eriauchenius gracilicollis is an assassin spider. It is merely 2mm long and catches other spiders with poisonous fangs at the end of its hugely elongated jaws.
These animals normally run upside down.
[edit] Etymology
From Latin gracilis "slender" and collum "neck".
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
