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]
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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See also
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edit- ^ a b "Gen. Loxomphalia Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ Simon, E. (1889). "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 42: 405–415.