Pachistopelma
| Pachistopelma | |
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| Female Pachistopelma rufonigrum in habitat; scale bar = 10 mm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901[1] |
Pachistopelma is a spider genus in the family Theraphosidae, native to Brazil.[1]
Characteristics
Pachistopelma has a straight front eye row and (in males) a spinose spur on the first tibia. In females, there is two spermathecae (which lack lobes or constriction) with slight curvature in the middle.[2]
Species
As of June 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Pachistopelma bromelicola Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 – Brazil
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ↑ Bertani, R. (2012). "Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1859, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae)". ZooKeys. 230: 1–94. doi:10.3897/zookeys.230.3500.
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