Sason robustum
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| File:Sason robustum and its nest.jpg | |
| Adult and its nest | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Sason |
| Species: | S. robustum
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| Binomial name | |
| Sason robustum (O. P-Cambridge, 1883)[1]
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Sason robustum is a species of barychelid trapdoor spiders. It is only found in southern India, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles.
Males are about 9 mm long, females almost 11 mm.[2]
Distinguishing features
[edit | edit source]Sason robustum is characterized by absence of teeth on the claws; cuspules present on maxillae and labium; rastellum absent; the apex of the first tibia with a single stout prolateral spine; and the palpal bulb spherical with a tapering embolus.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Sason robustum was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.[1] He placed it in a new genus Sarpedon. However this name had already been used for a beetle, so in 1887, Eugène Simon put forward the replacement genus name, Sason.[4]
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