Ochyrocera laracna is a species of spiders of the family Ochyroceratidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was named after Shelob (Laracna in Portuguese), giant spider from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.[1]

Ochyrocera laracna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ochyroceratidae
Genus: Ochyrocera
Species:
O. laracna
Binomial name
Ochyrocera laracna
Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018

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  1. ^ Brescovit, Antonio D.; Cizauskas, Igor; Mota, Leandro P. (2018). "Seven new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera from caves in Floresta Nacional de Carajás, PA, Brazil (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae)". ZooKeys (726): 87–130. doi:10.3897/zookeys.726.19778. PMC 5799772. PMID 29416386.