Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000

Belize

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Scientific Name : Citharacanthus meermani

Described By: Reichling & West, 2000
Researcher Profile: Steven B Reichling, Rick C. West
Genus: Citharacanthus
Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Jan C. Meerman, the first biologist to collect this taxon.

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A new species of tarantula spider (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from the Cayo District of Belize

Steven B Reichling, Rick C. West ,2000
A new species of theraphosid spider, Citharacanthus meermani sp. nov., is described. It was collected in the foothills of the Mountain Pine Ridge and the Vaca Plateau, Cayo District, Belize. It is distinguished from congeners by filiform plumose setae on the basoprolateral faces of both trochantera and femora I-II, and the presence of five prominent keels on the apical division of the male embolus.
Southwestern Naturalist 45: 128-132
- Citharacanthus meermani

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