Phoneutria reidyi is a species of venomous spiders in the family Ctenidae, found in South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil and Guyana).[1]

Phoneutria reidyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Phoneutria
Species:
P. reidyi
Binomial name
Phoneutria reidyi

This species is characterized by a double dark dorsal band on the palp, white spots in the abdominal dorsal pattern, the female anterior legs ventrally have a yellow femur, while in males it is very dark.[2] Like other Phoneutria, P. reidyi is venomous and should be treated with caution, its venom has a median lethal dose of 0.11 mg / kg.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Phoneutria reidyi (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-27
  2. ^ Bucaretchi, Fábio; Bertani, Rogério; De Capitani, Eduardo Mello; Hyslop, Stephen (2018), Vogel, Carl-Wilhelm; Seifert, Steven A.; Tambourgi, Denise V. (eds.), "Envenomation by Wandering Spiders (Genus Phoneutria)", Clinical Toxinology in Australia, Europe, and Americas, Toxinology, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 101–154, doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7438-3_63, ISBN 978-94-017-7438-3, retrieved 2020-10-30
  3. ^ Comparison of LD 50 (mg/kg) of spiders of the genus Phoneutria for different prey types – via ResearchGate.