| Bonnetina minax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Bonnetina |
| Species: | B. minax
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| Binomial name | |
| Bonnetina minax Ortiz & Francke, 2017
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Bonnetina minax also known as Mexican copperhead tarantula, is a tarantula which was first described by David Ortiz and Oscar F. Francke in 2017. It is found in Mexico, in the state of Michoacán, and is named after the Latin adjective "minax" that means menacing, as the red found in is carapace is usually aposematic coloration.[1]
- ^ Ortiz, David; Francke, Oscar F (2017-08-01). "Reconciling morphological and molecular systematics in tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae): revision of the Mexican endemic genus Bonnetina". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 180 (4): 819–886. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw013. ISSN 0024-4082.