Harpactira
Harpactira is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[2]
| Harpactira | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Harpactira Ausserer, 1871[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. atra (Latreille, 1832) | |
| Species | |
|
15, see text | |
Species
As of March 2020 it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:[1]
- Harpactira atra (Latreille, 1832) (type) – South Africa
- Harpactira baviana Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- Harpactira cafreriana (Walckenaer, 1837) – South Africa
- Harpactira chrysogaster Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
- Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
- Harpactira curvipes Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
- Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
- Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
- Harpactira lyrata (Simon, 1892) – South Africa
- Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902 – Namibia, South Africa
- Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
- Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875 – South Africa
See also
References
- "Gen. Harpactira Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.