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Common Puerto Rican Brown Tarantula

Cyrtopholis portoricae

Classification

Order
Araneae

Cyrtopholis is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. Diagnosis This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridulatory hairs on the trochanter of the pedipalps and the legs I. They also have type 1 and 3 urticating hairs on the abdomen.

Distribution

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