Bacillochilus

Bacillochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Harpactirinae
Genus: Bacillochilus
Gallon, 2010[1]
Species: B. xenostridulans
Binomial name
Bacillochilus xenostridulans
Gallon, 2010[1]

Bacillochilus is a genus of tarantula (family Theraphosidae), with only one species, Bacillochilus xenostridulans, endemic to Angola.[1]

Etymology

The specific name is a mixture of a Greek word "ξενος", xenos (meaning "foreign" or "strange"), and a Latin word "stridulere" (meaning "to creak" or, in this sense, "to stridulate"), altogether meaning "to stridulate strangely", referring to the unusual and distinct form of the stridulation organ.[2]

Characteristics

Bacillochilus xenostridulans is distinguished from other genera in the same subfamily (Harpactirinae) by the stridulating organ; which consists of a long scopula which is surrounded by plumose setae, on the retrolateral side of the chelicerae. Additional features include the lack of a prolateral cheliceral scopula; a transverse fovea; multiple lobes on the maxillae and labium; and a long distal segment of spinnerets.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Bacillochilus Gallon, 2010". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Gallon, R. C. (2010). A new genus and species of Harpactirinae from coastal Angola (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 79-82.
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