Pachistopelma | |
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Female Pachistopelma rufonigrum in habitat; scale bar = 10 millimetres (0.39 in) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 [1] |
Type species | |
P. rufonigrum Pocock, 1901
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Species | |
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Pachistopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. [2] As of May 2020 [update] it contains two species, found in Brazil: P. bromelicola and P. rufonigrum. [1] They have a straight front eye row and males have a spinose spur on the first tibia. Females have two spermathecae lacking lobes or constrictions that have a slight curvature in the middle. [3]
Pachistopelma | |
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Female Pachistopelma rufonigrum in habitat; scale bar = 10 millimetres (0.39 in) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 [1] |
Type species | |
P. rufonigrum Pocock, 1901
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Species | |
|
Pachistopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. [2] As of May 2020 [update] it contains two species, found in Brazil: P. bromelicola and P. rufonigrum. [1] They have a straight front eye row and males have a spinose spur on the first tibia. Females have two spermathecae lacking lobes or constrictions that have a slight curvature in the middle. [3]