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Selenogyrus brunneus

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Selenogyrus brunneus
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. brunneus
Binomial name
Selenogyrus brunneus
Strand, 1907[1]

Selenogyrus brunneus is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae, subfamily Selenogyrinae), found in West Africa (likely Togo).[2]

Characteristics

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S. brunneus is brown with greyish-olive green hairs and is about 50mm long. Foveal groove procurved. Embrik Strand gave no further details in his description of the species (other than the eye arrangement and spination).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Selenogyrus brunneus Strand, 1907. World Spider Catalog. NMBE. Retrieved June, 2016
  2. ^ a b Smith, A. M. (1990c). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, pp. 1-142