Ancylometes rufus
Appearance
Ancylometes rufus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Ctenidae |
Genus: | Ancylometes |
Species: | A. rufus
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Binomial name | |
Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)
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Ancylometes rufus is a species from the genus Ancylometes.[1] The species was originally described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. It is typically found near water. It has been seen predating on frogs, Dendropsophus melanargyreus [2] and Ameerega trivittata[3]
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- ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris 682 pp., Pl. 1-, 15.
- ^ Moura, Mário Ribeiro; Azevedo, Leonardo Pimenta (December 2011). "Observation of predation of the giant fishing spider Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Araneae, Ctenidae) on Dendropsophus melanargyreus Cope, 1877 (Anura, Hylidae)". Biota Neotropica. 11 (4): 349–352. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032011000400028. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Daniel Ignacio; Caicedo Moncada, Javier Francisco (2019). "Predation event on the poison frog Ameerega trivittata (Spix, 1824) by the giant fishing spider Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)". Herpetology Notes. 12.