Kochiana
| Kochiana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Theraphosinae |
| Genus: | Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008[1] |
| Species: | K. brunnipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Kochiana brunnipes (Koch, 1842)[1] | |
Kochiana is a monotypic theraphosid spider genus, native to Brazil. Its sole species is Kochiana brunnipes.[1] It is placed in the Theraphosinae subfamily.
Taxonomy
Carl Ludwig Koch described the species Mygale brunnipes in 1842. Nearly 200 years later, in 2008, Caroline Fukushima, Roberto Nagahama and Rogèrio Bertani transferred it to the genus Kochiana as Kochiana brunnipes, which is still accepted as of March 2016.[2]
Characteristics
K. brunnipes males differ from others in the subfamily by having a long and downwards pointing embolus with prolateral accessory keels, and by the ability of the first metatarsus to fold between the two branches of the tibial spur.
Both sexes have black cephalothoraxes and abdomens, with the urticating hair patch golden. The coxae, trochanters and femurs are also black, but the patellae, tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi are reddish light brown.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Taxon details Kochiana brunnipes C. L. Koch, 1847". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ↑ Fukushima, C.S.; Nagahama, R.H.; Bertani, R. (2008). "The identity of Mygale brunnipes C.L. Koch 1842 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with a redescription of the species and the description of a new genus". Journal of Arachnology 36: 402–410.