Munduruku bicoloratum

Munduruku bicoloratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Munduruku
Miglio, Bonaldo, & Pérez-Miles, 2013[1]
Species: M. bicoloratum
Binomial name
Munduruku bicoloratum
Miglio, Bonaldo, & Pérez-Miles, 2013[1]

Munduruku bicoloratum is a theraphosid spider, endemic to Brazil, and is the only species in the monotypic genus Munduruku. [1]

Etymology

The generic name "Munduruku" comes from the Munduruku people, who inhabited the region where the types were collected. The specific name "bicoloratum" comes from Latin, meaning "two-coloured" referring to the double coloured abdomen.[2]

Classification

Munduruku bicoloratum could be placed in the genus Plesiopelma, but its characters show that this would broaden the diagnostic features of this genus too much, therefore causing it become a non-monophyletic group.[2]

Characteristics

This genus has a unique abdominal pattern, and has a sub-apical keel on the embolus. It also has urticating hair type III in the male, and types III and IV in the female. It also lacks a process on the first male metatarsus and has a tibial spur that has fused bases and converging branches.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Munduruku Miglio, Bonaldo & Pérez-MIles, 2013". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  2. 1 2 3 Miglio, L. T., Bonaldo, A. B. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2013). On Munduruku, a new theraphosid genus from Oriental Amazonia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia 103: 185-189.
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