Acanthogonatus alegre

Acanthogonatus alegre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Nemesiidae
Genus: Acanthogonatus
Species: A. alegre
Binomial name
Acanthogonatus alegre
Goloboff, 1995[1]

Acanthogonatus alegre is a mygalomorph spider of Chile, its name using the Spanish word for “happy”, referring to the aspect of a happy face that the female epigastrium has in posterior view.[2] Females are recognized by the epigastrium produced in a membranous extension and the long, slender and bifurcated spermathecae.

Description

Distribution

Known only from its type locality: Antofagasta, (Region II) Chile.

See also

References

  1. "Taxon details Acanthogonatus alegre Goloboff, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  2. 1 2 Goloboff, Pablo A. "A revision of the South American spiders of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Part 1, Species from Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 224." (1995).

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