This reclusive spider, rarely encountered outside its burrow, reaches a body length of 55 mm, the female usually slightly larger than the male. The black carapace is marked with a distinctive pattern of radiating light brown lines, like the spokes of a wheel. Like all tarantulas, and almost all other spiders, this species is not considered dangerous to people.
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^"Taxon details Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-10
Preston-Mafham, Ken (1998). Spiders: Compact Study Guide and Identifier. Angus Books. ISBN978-1-904594-93-2.
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harpactira, gigas, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, december, 2017, learn, when, remove, this, template, messag. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Harpactira gigas sometimes called the common baboon spider is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae It is found in South Africa from Western Cape Province north to Limpopo Province Common baboon spiderScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaSubphylum ChelicerataClass ArachnidaOrder AraneaeInfraorder MygalomorphaeFamily TheraphosidaeGenus HarpactiraSpecies H gigasBinomial nameHarpactira gigasPocock 1898 1 This reclusive spider rarely encountered outside its burrow reaches a body length of 55 mm the female usually slightly larger than the male The black carapace is marked with a distinctive pattern of radiating light brown lines like the spokes of a wheel Like all tarantulas and almost all other spiders this species is not considered dangerous to people References edit Taxon details Harpactira gigas Pocock 1898 World Spider Catalog Natural History Museum Bern retrieved 2016 04 10 Preston Mafham Ken 1998 Spiders Compact Study Guide and Identifier Angus Books ISBN 978 1 904594 93 2 nbsp This Theraphosidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harpactira gigas amp oldid 1027856592, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
