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Rhacocnemis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Rhacocnemis
Simon, 1897 [1]
Species:
R. guttatus
Binomial name
Rhacocnemis guttatus
( Blackwall, 1877)
Synonyms [1]
  • Rhacocnemis elegans Hirst, 1911 [2]
  • Sparassus guttatus Blackwall, 1877 [3]

Rhacocnemis is a monotypic genus of Seychelloise huntsman spiders containing the single species, Rhacocnemis guttatus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897, [4] and is endemic to the Seychelles. [1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Rhacocnemis Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi: 10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Benoit, P. L. G. (1978). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J. J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae Sparassidae". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 92: 684.
  3. ^ Blackwall, J. (1877). "A list of spiders captured in the Seychelle Islands by Professor E. Perceval Wright, M. D., F. L. S.; with descriptions of species supposed to be new to arachnologists. Notes and preface by the Rev. O. P.-Cambridge, M.A., C.M.Z.S., etc". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 2 (3): 10.
  4. ^ Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.