Hemirrhagus diablo
Hemirrhagus diablo is a tarantula in the Hemirrhagus genus, it is found in Mexico, in several caves in the state of Sinaloa. It is named after a cave it is found in, "Cueva del diablo" which translated to "Devil's cave", diablo being devil. This tarantula was first described by Mendoza & Francke in 2018.
| Hemirrhagus diablo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Hemirrhagus |
| Species: | H. diablo |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemirrhagus diablo Mendoza & Francke, 2018 | |
Description
Hemirrhagus diablo can be distinguished from most other Hemirrhagus tarantulas by having the urticating hairs arranged in two para median patches, which are brown in color. And by the shape of the male palpal bulb with a narrow base. The tarantula is dark brown in color with either some darker or whiter patches. Spiderlings are dark brown in color with some orange coloration in the para median patches.
Reference
Mendoza, Jorge I.; Francke, Oscar F. (12 April 2018). "Five new cave-dwelling species of Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with notes on the generic distribution and novel morphological features". Zootaxa: 4407 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.1 PMID: 29690167.