Acanthogonatus parana

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

Acanthogonatus parana is a mygalomorph spider of Argentina, its name referring to its type locality: Paraná, Entre Ríos.[1] Females are most similar to those of A. centralis, but are distinguished by the narrow fundus of the spermathecae.

Description

Distribution

This species can be found in silk tubes under boulders of calcium carbonate, at the foot of the Río Paraná. It is only known from this location, in eastern Entre Ríos Province, 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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