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Brazilian Wandering Spiders
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Brazilian Wandering Spiders

Phoneutria

Phoneutria is a genus of venomous spiders in the family Ctenidae of potential medical significance to humans. They are mainly found in tropical South America, with one species in Central America. Two species, Phoneutria fera and Phoneutria nigriventer, are known as the Brazilian wandering spider; the genus as a whole is sometimes called Brazilian wandering spiders, although not all species occur in Brazil. Other English names include armed spiders (armadeiras in Brazilian Portuguese) and banana spiders...

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Phoneutria depilata

speciesPhoneutria depilata

Brazilian Wandering Spider

speciesPhoneutria fera

Phoneutria boliviensis

speciesPhoneutria boliviensis

Brazilian Wandering Spider

speciesPhoneutria nigriventer

Phoneutria reidyi

speciesPhoneutria reidyi

Phoneutria eickstedtae

speciesPhoneutria eickstedtae

Phoneutria pertyi

speciesPhoneutria pertyi

Phoneutria keyserlingi

speciesPhoneutria keyserlingi

Phoneutria bahiensis

speciesPhoneutria bahiensis

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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 53388.