Rhacocnemis

Rhacocnemis is a monotypic genus of Seychelloise huntsman spiders containing the single species, Rhacocnemis guttatus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897,^[4] and is endemic to the Seychelles.^[1]

Rhacocnemis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Rhacocnemis Simon, 1897[1]
Species:	R. guttatus
Binomial name
Rhacocnemis guttatus (Blackwall, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
Rhacocnemis elegans Hirst, 1911[2] Sparassus guttatus Blackwall, 1877[3]

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. "Gen. Rhacocnemis Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Benoit, P. L. G. (1978). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J. J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae Sparassidae". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 92: 684.
3. Blackwall, J. (1877). "A list of spiders captured in the Seychelle Islands by Professor E. Perceval Wright, M. D., F. L. S.; with descriptions of species supposed to be new to arachnologists. Notes and preface by the Rev. O. P.-Cambridge, M.A., C.M.Z.S., etc". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 2 (3): 10.
4. Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.