Chilobrachys guangxiensis

Chilobrachys guangxiensis (known as the "Chinese fawn tarantula") is a species of tarantula native to China,[1] in Hainan. Despite the name, the spider probably does not occur in Guangxi.

Chilobrachys guangxiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Chilobrachys
Species:
C. guangxiensis
Binomial name
Chilobrachys guangxiensis
(Yin & Tan, 2000)[1]

Note that species Chilobrachys jingzhao, identified in 2001,[2] was found to be a synonym of Chilobrachys guangxiensis in 2008.[1]

References

  1. "Taxon details Chilobrachys guangxiensis (Yin & Tan, 2000)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-09
  2. Xiao, Y.; Tang, J.; Yang, Y.; Wang, M.; Hu, W.; Xie, J.; Zeng, X. & Liang, S. (2004), "Jingzhaotoxin-III, a novel spider toxin inhibiting activation of voltage-gated sodium channel in rat cardiac myocytes", J Biol Chem, 279 (29): 26220–26226, doi:10.1074/jbc.M401387200, PMID 15084603


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