The king baboon spider is rusty brown to orange in color. They live in the shrublands and grasslands of east Africa, often using vegetation as a protective cover for their burrows. They are one of the few tarantulas that use stridulation as a major defense mechanism in addition to rearing up and striking. They produce the stridulation-sound-effect by rubbing the femurs of their first and second pairs of legs.
They are a slow-growing species, but can reach a leg span of up to 20 centimeters. They are burrowing-spiders with thick back-legs used for digging. They generally hunt beetles, cockroaches, and other spiders, and they will put silk near the entrance to its burrow to detect vibrations of passing prey.
In captivityedit
They are popular among collectors, but they tend to be highly defensive, lacking urticating hairs, and are not suitable for beginners. They have very strong venom, though none are known to be deadly to humans. A bite from a smaller spider will cause sharp pain and localized itchiness for five days.[4]
Adults can be kept in a converted aquarium if given plenty of ventilation and a substrate at least 25 centimeters deep. Younger spiders can be kept in small containers, such as pill- and waxworm-tubs, but will need deeper containers as they grow.[4]
^ abc"Gen. Pelinobius Karsch, 1885". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
^Gallon, R. C. (2010). "On some southern African Harpactirinae, with notes on the eumenophorines Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 and Monocentropella Strand, 1907 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 15 (2): 43.
^Karsch, F. (1885). "Verzeichniss der von Dr. G. A. Fischer auf der im Auftrage der geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg unternommen Reise in das Massai-Land gesammelten Myriopoden und Arachnoiden". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 2: 131–139.
^ abKlátil, Lubomír (1998). Sklípkani: krasavci s chlupatýma nohama. Nakl. Kabourek Zlín. pp. 37, 40. ISBN978-80-901466-5-5.
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king, baboon, spider, pelinobius, king, baboon, citation, needed, monotypic, genus, east, african, tarantulas, containing, single, species, pelinobius, muticus, first, described, ferdinand, anton, franz, karsch, 1885, found, tanzania, kenya, scientific, classi. Pelinobius or the king baboon citation needed is a monotypic genus of east African tarantulas containing the single species Pelinobius muticus It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1885 3 and is found in Tanzania and Kenya 1 King baboon spiderScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaSubphylum ChelicerataClass ArachnidaOrder AraneaeInfraorder MygalomorphaeFamily TheraphosidaeGenus PelinobiusKarsch 1885 1 Species P muticusBinomial namePelinobius muticusKarsch 1885Synonyms 1 Citharischius Pocock 1900 2 Contents 1 Description 2 In captivity 3 See also 4 ReferencesDescription editThe king baboon spider is rusty brown to orange in color They live in the shrublands and grasslands of east Africa often using vegetation as a protective cover for their burrows They are one of the few tarantulas that use stridulation as a major defense mechanism in addition to rearing up and striking They produce the stridulation sound effect by rubbing the femurs of their first and second pairs of legs They are a slow growing species but can reach a leg span of up to 20 centimeters They are burrowing spiders with thick back legs used for digging They generally hunt beetles cockroaches and other spiders and they will put silk near the entrance to its burrow to detect vibrations of passing prey In captivity editThey are popular among collectors but they tend to be highly defensive lacking urticating hairs and are not suitable for beginners They have very strong venom though none are known to be deadly to humans A bite from a smaller spider will cause sharp pain and localized itchiness for five days 4 Adults can be kept in a converted aquarium if given plenty of ventilation and a substrate at least 25 centimeters deep Younger spiders can be kept in small containers such as pill and waxworm tubs but will need deeper containers as they grow 4 See also editList of Theraphosidae speciesReferences edit a b c Gen Pelinobius Karsch 1885 World Spider Catalog Version 20 0 Natural History Museum Bern 2020 doi 10 24436 2 Retrieved 2020 06 06 Gallon R C 2010 On some southern African Harpactirinae with notes on the eumenophorines Pelinobius muticus Karsch 1885 and Monocentropella Strand 1907 Araneae Theraphosidae Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15 2 43 Karsch F 1885 Verzeichniss der von Dr G A Fischer auf der im Auftrage der geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg unternommen Reise in das Massai Land gesammelten Myriopoden und Arachnoiden Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 2 131 139 a b Klatil Lubomir 1998 Sklipkani krasavci s chlupatyma nohama Nakl Kabourek Zlin pp 37 40 ISBN 978 80 901466 5 5 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 King baboon spider amp oldid 1207857231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
