Spiroctenus personatus is a spider in the family Bemmeridae, found in Southern Africa.[1] It was first described in 1889 by Eugène Simon.[1][2] The male specimen that Simon described was from Maputo Bay, which he called "Baie de Delagoa", in Mozambique. It was about 20 mm long. Its cephalothorax was light grey with a black triangular head region and a brownish centre. The fovea was large. The abdomen was short and oval, the upper surface being black with yellowish markings, the lower pale brick-coloured. The legs were brownish-olive with reddish patellae. The palpal bulb was pear-shaped with a very delicate long embolus.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Bemmeridae |
| Genus: | Spiroctenus |
| Species: | S. personatus
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| Spiroctenus personatus | |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Taxon details Spiroctenus personatus", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-18
- ^ a b c Simon, E. (1889), "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae", Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux (in Latin and French), 42: 405–415