Loxomphalia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Loxomphalia Simon, 1889 [1] |
Species: | L. rubida
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Binomial name | |
Loxomphalia rubida
Simon, 1889
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Loxomphalia is a monotypic genus of tarantulas containing the single species, Loxomphalia rubida. It was first described from a female found by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889, [2] and it has only been found on the Zanzibar Archipelago. [1]