Phoneyusa rutilata, or the West African gray baboon spider,[citation needed] is a member of the tarantula family, Theraphosidae, native to Guinea-Bissau.[1]

Phoneyusa rutilata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Phoneyusa
Species:
P. rutilata
Binomial name
Phoneyusa rutilata
(Simon, 1907)[1]

Description

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Phoneyusa rutilata is a burrowing spider.[citation needed] It is blackish in color with a thick tawny-red covering of hairs.[2]

Distribution

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Phoneyusa rutilata is native to Guinea-Bissau.[1] It was originally described from Bolama Island.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Phoneyusa rutilata (Simon, 1907)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-24
  2. ^ a b Simon, E. (1907), "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 1re partie", Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (in Latin and French), 43: 218–323, p. 223: "nigella, crebe cervino-rubro-pubescens"