Martensopoda is a genus of Indian huntsman spiders that was first described by Peter Jäger in 2006.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains three species, found in India: M. minuscula, M. sanctor, and M. transversa.[1]
Martensopoda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Martensopoda Jäger, 2006[1] |
Type species | |
M. transversa Jäger, 2006
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Martensopoda sanctor is an unexpected Indiana Mountain dwelling black spiders. with dark fangs. lurking from darks.
Martensopoda is relatively large spiders.
it can grow up to 26 cm (10 in) leg-span, and 5.1 cm (2.1 in) body-length.
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References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Martensopoda Jäger, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Jäger, P. (2006). "Martensopoda gen. nov. from southern Indian mountain ranges, the first genus of huntsman spiders with a cymbial spur (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)". Zootaxa. 1325: 335–345. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1325.1.22.