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Selenogyrus caeruleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Selenogyrus
Species:
S. caeruleus
Binomial name
Selenogyrus caeruleus
Pocock, 1897 [1]

Selenogyrus caeruleus is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae, subfamily Selenogyrinae [2]) native to Sierra Leone. [1]

Characteristics

Selenogyrus caeruleus has characteristic colouration; grey brown with metallic blue reflections. The labio- sternum mounds are weakly defined and the stridulating organ on the inner side of the chelicerae is present and formed of long clavate ( scimitar shaped) setae. The tarsal scopulae are separated by a band of setae. It is 44 mm long. Metatarsal and tarsal segments of legs 3 and 4 are heavily spined. The female's spermathecae are stouter at the base than S. austini. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Species Selenogyrus caeruleus Pocock, 1897. World Spider Catalog. NMBE. Retrieved June, 2016
  2. ^ a b Smith, A. M. (1990). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, pp. 1-142


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Selenogyrus caeruleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Selenogyrus
Species:
S. caeruleus
Binomial name
Selenogyrus caeruleus
Pocock, 1897 [1]

Selenogyrus caeruleus is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae, subfamily Selenogyrinae [2]) native to Sierra Leone. [1]

Characteristics

Selenogyrus caeruleus has characteristic colouration; grey brown with metallic blue reflections. The labio- sternum mounds are weakly defined and the stridulating organ on the inner side of the chelicerae is present and formed of long clavate ( scimitar shaped) setae. The tarsal scopulae are separated by a band of setae. It is 44 mm long. Metatarsal and tarsal segments of legs 3 and 4 are heavily spined. The female's spermathecae are stouter at the base than S. austini. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Species Selenogyrus caeruleus Pocock, 1897. World Spider Catalog. NMBE. Retrieved June, 2016
  2. ^ a b Smith, A. M. (1990). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, pp. 1-142



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