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Notable Large Burrowing Spider
Thrigmopoeus insignis
Thrigmopoeus insignis is a species of tarantula spider endemic to India.
From the article Thrigmopoeus insignis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A tarantula spider of 55 mm length, it has black body with yellow-brown hair on the top and velvet-black below.
Range & habitat
It was described from the Western Ghats of Karnataka within a 2000 km2 region due to which the IUCN assigned vulnerable status to the species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 114115.