Acanthoscurria simoensi
| Acanthoscurria simoensi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Acanthoscurria |
| Species: | A. simoensi
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthoscurria simoensi Vol, 2000
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Acanthoscurria simoensi is a species of tarantula spider found in Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil, first described from French Guiana in 2000.[1][2][3] The species has been traded in the exotic pet hobby as "Para Mongo Zebra” under spurious scientific names such as 'fracta'. The common name partly relates to the colouration where the females of the species have dark bodies with light coloured linear markings on legs. Notably, like in many other tarantulas with strong sexual dimorpsim, adult males of the species have a different general appearance with a more rusty metallic colouration and comparatively weak linear markings on the legs.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Vol, Fabian (2000). "Description d'une deuxieme espece d'Acanthoscurria du bassin des Guyanes, Acanthoscurria simoensi sp. n. et comparaison avec l'espece meconnue Acanthoscurria minor Ausserer, 1871". Arachnides. 47: 8–18.
- ^ Gabriel, R. (2020). "Revised taxonomic placement of some species in Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871 and Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 18 (5): 409–429. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.409.
- ^ Paula, F.(dos Santos); Gabriel, R.; Indicatti, R.P.; Brescovit, A.D.; Lucas, S.M. (2014). "On the Brazilian Amazonian species of Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae". Zoologia (Curitiba). 31 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702014000100008).
- ^ "Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923". www.tarantupedia.com. Retrieved 2023-05-28.