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Cyriocosmus bicolor

Cyriocosmus bicolor

Classification

Order
Araneae

Cyriocosmus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903. They are small to medium spiders, with a bicolored or one same color carapace. Diagnosis The genus differs from all other tarantulas by the paraembolic apophysis in the palpal bulbs of males, and a spermatheca with two spiral receptacles, which usually end in a caliciform or globular extension.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 3Bolivia · 1