Biology:Sahydroaraneus hirsti

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Short description: Species of spider

Sahydroaraneus hirsti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Sahydroaraneus
Species:
S. hirsti
Binomial name
Sahydroaraneus hirsti
Mirza and Sanap (2014)

Sahydroaraneus hirsti is a tarantula in the genus Sahydroaraneus, it is named after A. S. Hirst for his contributions in Arachnology. This tarantula is found in Thrissur, India . This tarantula was first described by Mirza and Sanap in 2014.[1]

Description

Its carapace is reddish brown covered with gray wavy hairs, its abdomen is covered with brown hairs with numerous long gray hairs. The legs have long dark bristles, with some horizontal aligned pilose hairs. Its palpal bulb is broader at the bace gradually tampering in the end into a fine point which curves upwards.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mirza, Zeeshan A.; Sanap, Rajesh V.; Bhosale, Harshal (2014-02-14). Anil, Arga Chandrashekar. ed. "Preliminary Review of Indian Eumenophorinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with Description of a New Genus and Five New Species from the Western Ghats" (in en). PLOS ONE 9 (2): e87928. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087928. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 24551072. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17280009 entry