Phoneyusa rutilata
Appearance
Phoneyusa rutilata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Phoneyusa |
Species: | P. rutilata
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Binomial name | |
Phoneyusa rutilata |
Phoneyusa rutilata, or the West African gray baboon spider,[citation needed] is a member of the tarantula family, Theraphosidae, native to Guinea-Bissau.[1]
Description
Phoneyusa rutilata is a burrowing spider.[citation needed] 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
- ^ a b c "Taxon details Phoneyusa rutilata (Simon, 1907)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-24
- ^ a b 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"