Harpactira | |
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Harpactira marksi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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)
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Species | |
16, see text |
Harpactira is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. [2]
As of March 2020 [update] it contains sixteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa: [1]