Pachistopelma
| Pachistopelma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Aviculariinae |
| Genus: | Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 [1] |
Pachistopelma is a spider genus in the Theraphosidae familia, native to the northern part of South America.[2]
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.[3]
Species
- Pachistopelma bromelicola Bertani, 2012
- Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901
References
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1901). "LXIX.—Some new and old Genera of S.-AmericanAviculariidæ". Journal of Natural History Series 7 8 (48): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359. ISSN 0374-5481.
- ↑ Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 18, 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.
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