Hapalotremus

Hapalotremus is a genus of South American tarantulas in the Theraphosinae subfamily that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[2] They have red or white Type III urticating (relatively long, thin) hairs,[3] up to 1.2 millimetres (0.047 in), with a fine point and barbs along at least half of the lower part. The tibial apophysis is branched twice (in males only),[4] and there is a conspicuous subapical keel on the male's embolus.[3]

Hapalotremus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hapalotremus
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
H. albipes
Simon, 1903
Species

10, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains ten species, found in Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia:[1]

  • Hapalotremus albipes Simon, 1903 (type) – Bolivia
  • Hapalotremus carabaya Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018Peru
  • Hapalotremus chasqui Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018Argentina
  • Hapalotremus chespiritoi Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018 – Peru
  • Hapalotremus kuka Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018 – Bolivia
  • Hapalotremus major (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
  • Hapalotremus marcapata Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018 – Peru
  • Hapalotremus martinorum Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015 – Argentina
  • Hapalotremus perezmilesi Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018 – Peru
  • Hapalotremus vilcanota Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018 – Peru

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Hapalotremus Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. Cavallo, P.E. & Ferretti, N. E. (2015). "The first Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Argentina: description and natural history of Hapalotremus martinorum sp. nov". Journal of Natural History. 49 (15–16): 873–887. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.953226.
  4. Cooke, John A.L.; Miller, Frederick H. & Roth, Vincent D. (1972). "The urticating hairs of theraphosid spiders". American Museum Novitates (2498). hdl:2246/2705.

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