Pachistopelma bromelicola
| Pachistopelma bromelicola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Aviculariinae |
| Genus: | Pachistopelma |
| Species: | Pachistopelma bromelicola |
| Binomial name | |
| P. bromelicola (Bertani, 2012) | |
Pachistopelma bromelicola is a species of tarantula, contained within the Aviculariinae subfamily. It is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]
Etymology
This spider is most commonly found on bromeliads, "bromelicola" meaning "of bromeliads".
Characteristic Features
P. bromelicola males and females differ from others of its genus by having ah incrassate fourth metatarsus and having black leg colouration. The adult female is nearly completely black, apart from some brown setae on the abdomen. The adult male is also very black but the chelicerae, legs, and cephalothorax have whitish setae. Furthermore, the abdomen has long reddish setae, but shorter setae are black.[2]
The younger spiders of this genus are much brighter in abdominal colouration, with a central longitudal stripe of black and several other stripes of black meeting with the central stripe. The carapace is brown-black.[2]
References
- ↑ Pachistopelma bromelicola Bertani, 2012. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Bertani, R. (2012). Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1859, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys 230: 1-94.