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South American wandering spider

Phoneutria fera
Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera) (10623228224).jpg
P. fera from French Guiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Phoneutria
Species: P. fera
Binomial name
Phoneutria fera
Perty, 1833
Synonyms
  • Ctenus ferus (Perty, 1833)
  • Ctenus sus Strand, 1909

Phoneutria fera is a species of spider in the family Ctenidae found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname and Guyana). It is commonly known as the Brazilian wandering spider as well as the banana spider, although these names are applied to other species in the genus Phoneutria, particularly Phoneutria nigriventer.



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