Coremiocnemis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Subfamily: | Selenocosmiinae |
Genus: |
Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892 [1] |
Type species | |
C. cunicularia (Simon, 1892)
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Species | |
6, see text |
Coremiocnemis is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. [2] They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteristics of the posterior legs. [3]
They can be distinguished from other genera by having long, hair brushes along the retrolateral metatarsus and tarsus in leg 4. Females also have a spermathecae with two lobes, and males have pegs in the chelicerae. [3]
As of August 2022 [update] it contains six species, with three other transferred to Psednocnemis, they are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Queensland: [1]