Bumba tapajos is a tarantula in the genus Bumba. It was first described by Lucas, Passanha and Brescovit in 2020.[1] The species is named after where it was found, in the Tapajós area in Brazil.[2]
| Bumba tapajos | |
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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: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Bumba |
| Species: | B. tapajos
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| Binomial name | |
| Bumba tapajos Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020[1]
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Description
editIts color has only been described in ethanol. The cephalothorax and legs are red brown, the abdomen dorsally black and ventrally grayish. Its male palpal bulb has the embolus shorter than the tegulum.[2]
Habitat
editThe tarantula lives near the tapajos river in the Tapajós National Forest, where its mainly rainforest. In this area average annual rainfall is 1,820 millimetres, and the temperatures range from 21 to 31 °C. The forest along the banks of the Tapajós has elevations of about 100m above sea level. Further from the river the forest is on the Tapajós-Xingu plateau, with elevations of 120m to 170m above sea level. [3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Taxon details Bumba tapajos Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2022-05-02
- ^ a b Lucas, Sylvia M.; Passanha, Victor; Brescovit, Antonio D. (2020), "New combination and redescription of Bumba humile, description of four new species and new records from Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)", Zoologia, 37: 1–17, doi:10.3897/zoologia.37.e46744, S2CID 224922781
- ^ "Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional do Tapajó". sistemas.mma.gov.br. CNUC. Retrieved 2022-05-25.