Avicularia minatrix
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Avicularia minatrix is a tree-dwelling species of tarantula from Venezuela . The holotype (a female) wasdiscoveredin Duaca . It was described in 1903 by Reginald Innes Pocock . The species name is derived from the Latin term “minax” (German for “defiant, threatening”). This species is sometimes kept in terrariums.
features
The holotype has a length (from the bite claws to the spinnerets ) of 3.3 centimeters. The species remains very small compared to other Avicularia species with a maximum body length of the female of up to four centimeters . The female has olive-gray hair with a pink sheen on the carapace and the top of the extremities. The carapace is almost half as long as one leg of the third pair of legs. On the upper side of the tibia and protarsus of the running legs they have thick and conspicuous pink hairs. The hair is less developed in the patella. The tarsi are less reddish in color than the rest of the limbs. The legs are relatively short for Avicularia species. The rear pair of legs is the longest. The sternum, coxae and the underside of the opisthosoma are sooty black. The opisthosoma is wasp-like, patterned red and black. A black stripe runs in the middle of the top towards the spinnerets. From this stripe, further black stripes run sideways at an angle of 90 degrees to the underside, forming five red windows on each side. The laterally running stripes are the narrowest in the longitudinal stripes and get wider the further they move away.
The adult female of the species looks similar to the first stages of Avicularia avicularia .
Way of life
The species is tree-dwelling. It spins nests in narrow tubes, preferably in the funnels of bromeliads or tree hollows. A cocoon only contains between 30 and 40 eggs.
literature
- Andreas Tinter: tarantulas . Nikol, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-933203-49-X
- Günther Schmidt: tarantulas, way of life - identification key - husbandry - breeding . Landbuch Verlag, Hanover 1993, pp. 77-82, ISBN 3-7842-0484-8
- Peter Klaas: tarantulas. Origin, care, species . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4660-4
Web links
Avicularia minatrix in the World Spider Catalog