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The genus Phoneutria was started by Maximilian Perty in 1833. [1] The genus name is from the Greek φονεύτρια, meaning "murderess". [9] Perty placed two species in the genus: Phoneutria rufibarbis and Phoneutria fera. [9] The former is treated as a nomen dubium; the latter is the type species of the genus. [1]
Phoneutria nigriventer is a species of medically-significant spider in the family Ctenidae, found in the Southern Cone of South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina). [1] Along with other members of the genus, they are often referred to as Brazilian wandering spiders .
The male and female holotypes were originally identified as Phoneutria fasciata when they were first described by Lenz in 1886. [4] In 1889, Eugène Simon described and identified a male as P. pulchripes, placing it in the new genus Viridasius in the Ctenidae. [2]
Phoneutria bahiensis is usually found on top of trees in the Atlantic Forest. It is carnivorous, feeding on insects, other spiders, frogs, lizards, and small mice. Like other wandering spiders it does not use webs to hunt, instead actively hunting on the forest floor. It attacks and uses a paralyzing toxin to immobilize its prey.
Phoneutria fera is a species of spider with medically significant venom in the family Ctenidae found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana). [1] It is commonly known as the Brazilian wandering spider and the banana spider, [ 2 ] although these names are applied to other species in the genus Phoneutria ...
Phoneutria depilata (Strand, 1909) [1] Phoneutria depilata is a species of spider in the family Ctenidae, found in Central America. [2] Description and behavior.
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Phoneutria pertyi is a species of spiders in the family Ctenidae, found in Brazil. [1] P. pertyi is very similar to P. nigriventer and P. eickstedtae, females have several basal grooves in the epiginal lateral apophysis, while they are absent in P. nigriventer. The maschos have the longest tibial pedipalp, or similar in length to the cambium ...