Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Mygalomorphae
- Family: Theraphosidae
- Genus: Monocentropus
- Species: Monocentropus balfouri
Other Common Names
Socotra Island Blue Baboon
Author
Pocock, 1897
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Monocentropus balfouri (Socotra Island Blue Baboon), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 7, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Monocentropus balfouri sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 0% of the time, Monocentropus balfouri spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
- Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Monocentropus balfouri has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Under rock or debris (1). Desert area (1).
Location and Range
Monocentropus balfouri (Socotra Island Blue Baboon) has been sighted in the following countries: Yemen.
Seasonality
Monocentropus balfouri has been primarily sighted during the month of October.
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- October: 1
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Additional Remarks
Type species.