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Bogota Giant Fishing Spider

Ancylometes bogotensis

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Ctenidae

Ancylometes bogotensis is a species of spider in the family Ancylometidae. It is widely distributed across northern and western South America and Central America, ranging from Honduras to Bolivia. Taxonomy The species was originally described as Ctenus bogotensis by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877 based on a female specimen from Bogotá, Colombia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 1