''Macrinus'' is a

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of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.

Species

it contains six species, found in South America, the

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, and on

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: *'' Macrinus bambuco'' Rheims, 2010 –

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*'' Macrinus calypso'' Rheims, 2010 –

*'' Macrinus jaegeri'' Rheims, 2007 –

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

*'' Macrinus mohavensis'' (Fox, 1937) – USA *'' Macrinus pollexensis'' (Schenkel, 1953) –

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, Brazil *'' Macrinus succineus'' Simon, 1887 ( type) – Ecuador to Brazil

References

Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America {{Sparassidae-stub

Species

See also

References