Selenogyrus caeruleus has characteristic colouration; grey brown with metallic blue reflections. The labio-sternum mounds are weakly defined and the stridulating organ on the inner side of the chelicerae is present and formed of long clavate (scimitar shaped) setae. The tarsalscopulae are separated by a band of setae. It is 44 mm long. Metatarsal and tarsal segments of legs 3 and 4 are heavily spined. The female's spermathecae are stouter at the base than S. austini.[2]
selenogyrus, caeruleus, species, tarantula, family, theraphosidae, subfamily, selenogyrinae, native, sierra, leone, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodasubphylum, chelicerataclass, arachnidaorder, araneaeinfraorder, my. Selenogyrus caeruleus is a species of tarantula family Theraphosidae subfamily Selenogyrinae 2 native to Sierra Leone 1 Selenogyrus caeruleusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaSubphylum ChelicerataClass ArachnidaOrder AraneaeInfraorder MygalomorphaeFamily TheraphosidaeGenus SelenogyrusSpecies S caeruleusBinomial nameSelenogyrus caeruleusPocock 1897 1 Characteristics editSelenogyrus caeruleus has characteristic colouration grey brown with metallic blue reflections The labio sternum mounds are weakly defined and the stridulating organ on the inner side of the chelicerae is present and formed of long clavate scimitar shaped setae The tarsal scopulae are separated by a band of setae It is 44 mm long Metatarsal and tarsal segments of legs 3 and 4 are heavily spined The female s spermathecae are stouter at the base than S austini 2 References edit a b Species Selenogyrus caeruleus Pocock 1897 World Spider Catalog NMBE Retrieved June 2016 a b Smith A M 1990 Baboon spiders Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East Fitzgerald Publishing London pp 1 142 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 Selenogyrus caeruleus amp oldid 1006992068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
