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]