Acanthogonatus birabeni

Acanthogonatus birabeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Nemesiidae
Genus: Acanthogonatus
Species: A. birabeni
Binomial name
Acanthogonatus birabeni
Goloboff, 1995

Acanthogonatus birabeni is a mygalomorph spider of Argentina, named after Max Birabén, an Argentinian arachnologist.[1] It differs from others in the patagonicus group by its smaller size and (except for A. fuegianus) by the less developed bulb keels.

Description

Distribution

Known only from its type locality: Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.

See also

References

  1. 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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