Bumba tapajos is a tarantula in the genus Bumba. It was first described by Lucas, Passanha and Brescovit in 2020.[1] The species is named after where it was found, in the Tapajós area in Brazil.[2]

Bumba tapajos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Bumba
Species:
B. tapajos
Binomial name
Bumba tapajos
Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020[1]

Description

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Its color has only been described in ethanol. The cephalothorax and legs are red brown, the abdomen dorsally black and ventrally grayish. Its male palpal bulb has the embolus shorter than the tegulum.[2]

Habitat

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The tarantula lives near the tapajos river in the Tapajós National Forest, where its mainly rainforest. In this area average annual rainfall is 1,820 millimetres, and the temperatures range from 21 to 31 °C. The forest along the banks of the Tapajós has elevations of about 100m above sea level. Further from the river the forest is on the Tapajós-Xingu plateau, with elevations of 120m to 170m above sea level. [3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Taxon details Bumba tapajos Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2022-05-02
  2. ^ a b Lucas, Sylvia M.; Passanha, Victor; Brescovit, Antonio D. (2020), "New combination and redescription of Bumba humile, description of four new species and new records from Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)", Zoologia, 37: 1–17, doi:10.3897/zoologia.37.e46744, S2CID 224922781
  3. ^ "Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional do Tapajó". sistemas.mma.gov.br. CNUC. Retrieved 2022-05-25.