Acanthogonatus mulchen

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

Acanthogonatus mulchen is a mygalomorph spider of Chile, named after its type locality: Alto Caledonia, east of Mulchén, Region VIII (Bío Bío Region).[1] It is recognised by the long, narrow sternum. It differs from A. tolhuaca in the spermathecae having a less pronounced notch and the glandular areas on each side joining in the middle. It is larger (A. mulchen has a cephalothorax length of up to 13.2 millimetres (0.52 in), and a total length of 35.05 millimetres (1.380 in)), and differs from A. brunneus by its uniformly colored abdomen.

Description

Distribution

Only in its type locality. It is found in densely silk-lined burrows, between 15 and 20 millimetres (0.59 and 0.79 in) wide, which originate from under stones or at the base of trees. The burrow's mouth is funnel-like, with white silk extending so as to form a sort of collar.

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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