Colombian lesserblack tarantula

Colombian lesserblack tarantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Xenesthis
Species: X. immanis
Binomial name
Xenesthis immanis
(Ausserer, 1875)

The Colombian lesserblack tarantula[1] (Xenesthis immanis) is a tarantula originating from Colombia. It is a relatively large spider with a body length reaching 6–7 cm, and has a commensal mutualistic with the Microhylid Frog Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata. [2]

In media

The spider made an appearance in the National Geographic documentary Wild Amazon.

References

  1. Common Names of Arachnids, American Arachnological Society (2003)
  2. Reginald B. Cocroft and Keith Hambler, "Observations on a Commensal Relationship of the Microhylid Frog Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata and the Burrowing Theraphosid Spider Xenesthis immanis in Southeastern Peru", Biotropica Vol. 21 No. 1 (1989)
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