Ricinoides atewa

Ricinoides atewa is a ricinuleid of the Ricinoididae family found in Ghana.^[1][2] It is known to inhabit evergreen forests in eastern Ghana, including the Atewa Range Forest Reserve from which it takes its specific epithet. It is a dark reddish brown arachnid densely covered in short, translucent setae with a broad cucullus. At 9.63 mm long, Ricinoides atewa is one of the world's largest ricinuleids, part of a group of nine West African species referred to as the 'giant' ricinuleids.^[3]

Ricinoides atewa
Nymph of R. atewa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ricinulei
Family:	Ricinoididae
Genus:	Ricinoides
Species:	R. atewa
Binomial name
Ricinoides atewa Naskrecki, 2008

References

1. Piotr Naskrecki (2008). "A new ricinuleid of the genus Ricinoides Ewing (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Ghana" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1698: 57–64.
2. Jennifer McCullough; Leeanne E. Alonso; Piotr Naskrecki; Heather E. Wright; Yaw Osei-Owusu (2008). "A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Ghana" (PDF). Bulletin of Biological Assessment. 47: 63–75. ISBN 978-1-934151-09-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28.
3. Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo; Sain, Colby E.; Prendini, Lorenzo (5 April 2021). "Systematics of the "Giant" Ricinulei (Ricinoididae: Ricinoides) of West Africa, with Descriptions of Five New Species and Comparative Morphology of the Male Copulatory Apparatus". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 448 (1): 1–68. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.448.1.1. Retrieved 3 November 2024.