Neoheterophrictus crurofulvus Siliwal, Gupta & Raven, 2012

Described by Robert John Raven, Manju Siliwal, Neha Gupta

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Siliwal, M., Gupta, N. & Raven, R. J. (2012). A new genus of the family Theraphosidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) with description of three new species from the western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4: 3233-3254.

Distribution

India

Etymology

The species name is a combination of two Latin words, ‘cruro’ (for legs or limbs) and ‘fulvus’ (for tawny or yellowish-brown). Crurofulvus refers to the light brown legs of the female spider, which is not seen in any other known Indian theraphosid.