Rhitymna
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| Rhitymna | |
|---|---|
| Rhitymna pinangensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Rhitymna Simon[1] |
| Species | |
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Rhitymna is a genus of huntsman spiders described in 1897 by Eugène Simon.[2] Members of this genus can be distinguished by a number of characteristics, but it is most often confused with Olios species, many of which also have the Y-shaped pattern on the dorsal opisthosoma.[3]