Orange Tree Spider

Amazonius germani

Classification

Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theraphosidae

Amazonius germani is a species of spider in the tarantula family Theraphosidae, found in French Guiana and Brazil. Taxonomy In 1994, Günter Schmidt described a spider from French Guiana he identified as Tapinauchenius gigas (a synonym of Tapinauchenius plumipes). His identification was then followed by other arachnologists.

Distribution

Orange Tree Spider — (c) Guillaume Delaitre, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Guillaume Delaitre · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 67Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Guillaume Delaitre, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Guillaume Delaitre · CC-BY DescriptionAmazonius germani, Wikipedia contributors

Orange Tree Spider

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