Phoneyusa rutilata
Phoneyusa rutilata, or the West African gray baboon spider, is a member of the tarantula family, Theraphosidae, native to Guinea-Bissau.[1]
| Phoneyusa rutilata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Phoneyusa |
| Species: | P. rutilata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoneyusa rutilata | |
Description
Phoneyusa rutilata is a burrowing spider. It is blackish in color with a thick tawny-red covering of hairs.[2]
Distribution
Phoneyusa rutilata is native to Guinea-Bissau.[1] It was originally described from Bolama Island.[2]
References
- "Taxon details Phoneyusa rutilata (Simon, 1907)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-24
- Simon, E. (1907), "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 1re partie", Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (in Latin and French), 43: 218–323, p. 223: "nigella, crebe cervino-rubro-pubescens"
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