Cyriocosmus perezmilesi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Cyriocosmus |
Species: | C. perezmilesi
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Binomial name | |
Cyriocosmus perezmilesi Kaderka, 2007
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Cyriocosmus perezmilesi otherwise known as the Bolivian dwarf beauty tarantula is a spider which was first described by Radan Kaderka in 2007. [1] It was named in honor of Dr. Fernando Pérez-Miles, and is a fossorial tarantula. As its common name aptly states it is found in Bolivia.
Females live 15 years, while males live 5 to 6. [1] Their carapace is a copper color, with a black opisthosoma with a heart shape urticating patch in the middle. With 8 vertical lines ranging from the bottom of the opisthosoma almost meeting the urticating patch. Their legs are a grey color, or a black depending.
They are found in the tropical areas of Bolivia, their type location being near the Beni River in the Beni Department. The average temperatures are 22 °C, with average yearly rainfall of 1,200mm, and an average height above sea level of 150m. [2]
They are a very calm species, rarely throwing any urticating hairs, or making a threat pose. They are a fossorial species which enjoys to burrow, and they also web a fair bit, they are quite active and usually visible. [1]