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Monocentropus balfouri is a tarantula in the Monocentropus genus. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. The species is also called Socotra Island blue baboon tarantula, usually shortened to blue baboon tarantula. The scientific name refers to the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour. The Spider is found on Socotra Island, hence the ...
Monocentropus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. [2] As of March 2020 it contains three species, found on Madagascar and in Yemen: M. balfouri, M. lambertoni, and M. longimanus.
Greenbottle blue tarantula ... Yemen (Socotra) Monocentropus lambertoni Fage, 1922 - Madagascar; Monocentropus longimanus Pocock, ... Kilimanjaro mustard baboon spider
Satan tarantulas live in forests of the Andes mountains between elevations of about 2,800 feet and about 3,100 feet, researchers said. So far, Satan tarantulas have been found in two neighboring ...
There are many endemic invertebrates, including several spiders (such as the Socotra Island Blue Baboon tarantula, Monocentropus balfouri) and three species of freshwater crabs in the Potamidae (Socotra pseudocardisoma and two species in Socotrapotamon). [29] As with many isolated island systems, bats are the only mammals native to
However, with the decline of mangrove forests – largely caused by deforestation – Chomphuphuang says the electric blue tarantula is also one of the world’s rarest tarantulas.
Socotra (/ s ə ˈ k oʊ t r ə, s oʊ-, ˈ s ɒ k ə t r ə /; Arabic: سُقُطْرَىٰ Suquṭrā) or Saqatri (Soqotri: ساقطْري Saqaṭri) is an island in the Indian Ocean part of Yemen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the six islands in ...
Idiothele mira, [1] also known as the blue-foot baboon is a species of fossorial tarantula endemic to South Africa.It has a striking blue coloration on the dorsal (upper) side of the tarsi and metatarsi on each leg. [2]