| Ricinoides atewa | |
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| Nymph of R. atewa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ricinulei |
| Family: | Ricinoididae |
| Genus: | Ricinoides |
| Species: | R. atewa |
| Binomial name | |
| Ricinoides atewa Naskrecki, 2008 | |
Ricinoides atewa is a ricinuleid of the Ricinoididae family found in Ghana. It is known to inhabit evergreen forests in eastern Ghana, including the Atewa Range Forest Reserve from which it takes its specific epithet. It is a dark reddish brown arachnid densely covered in short, translucent setae with a broad cucullus. At 9.63 mm long, Ricinoides atewa is one of the world's largest ricinuleids, part of a group of nine West African species referred to as the 'giant' ricinuleids.
References
- Piotr Naskrecki (2008). "A new ricinuleid of the genus Ricinoides Ewing (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Ghana" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1698: 57–64.
- Jennifer McCullough; Leeanne E. Alonso; Piotr Naskrecki; Heather E. Wright; Yaw Osei-Owusu (2008). "A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Ghana" (PDF). Bulletin of Biological Assessment. 47: 63–75. ISBN 978-1-934151-09-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28.
- Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo; Sain, Colby E.; Prendini, Lorenzo (5 April 2021). "Systematics of the "Giant" Ricinulei (Ricinoididae: Ricinoides) of West Africa, with Descriptions of Five New Species and Comparative Morphology of the Male Copulatory Apparatus". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 448 (1): 1–68. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.448.1.1. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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| Ricinoides atewa | |