Euphrictus spinosus

Euphrictus spinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Euphrictus
Species:
E. spinosus
Binomial name
Euphrictus spinosus
Hirst, 1908[1]

Euphrictus spinosus is a tarantula (family Theraphosidae), subfamily Selenogyrinae, first described by A.S. Hirst in 1908. It is only known from the male, and from the Dja River, Cameroon.[2]

Description

Only the male is known. Euphrictus spinosus is distinguished by having 7–8 spines on the tibia of the first leg; having a yellowish carapace and a brown abdomen with long bright yellow hairs; and a long tapering embolus with a slight twist in the middle. Its body is 15.5 mm long and it has a stridulating organ between its chelicera. It also lacks a clypeus.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Taxon details Euphrictus spinosus Hirst, 1908". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  2. ^ a b Hirst, A.S. (1908). "On a new type of stridulating-organ in mygalomorph spiders, with the description of a new genus and species belonging to the suborder". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (2): 401–405. doi:10.1080/00222930808692503. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  3. ^ Smith, A.M. (1990). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. London: Fitzgerald Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9510939-7-9.


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