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    Mecicobothrium

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of spiders

    Mecicobothrium
    Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba (20394365431).jpg
    M. thorelli
    Scientific classification e
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Subphylum: Chelicerata
    Class: Arachnida
    Order: Araneae
    Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
    Family: Mecicobothriidae
    Genus: Mecicobothrium
    Holmberg[1]
    Species

    See text.

    Mecicobothrium is a genus of dwarf tarantulas first described by Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg in 1882.[1][2]

    These spiders have three tarsal claws. The cephalic groove (fovea) is longitudinal. The abdomen has plates. The male palpal bulb lies in a long modified final joint. The posterior lateral spinnerets are very long, with the last joint whiplike.[3]

    Species

    (As of July 2020), the genus contained only two species:[1]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mecicobothriidae". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1890. Retrieved 2020-07-17. 
    2. ↑ Holmberg, E. L. (1882). "Observations à propos du sous-ordre des araignées territélaires (Territelariae), spécialement du genre nordaméricain Catadysas Hentz et de la sous-famille Mecicobothrioidae, Holmberg". Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba 4: 153–174. 
    3. ↑ Norman, I. Platnick (2020). Spiders of the World: A Natural History. London: Ivy Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-78240-750-8. 

    Wikidata ☰ Q100976 entry




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