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Harpactirella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Harpactirella
Purcell, 1902 [1]
Type species
H. treleaveni
Purcell, 1902
Species

11, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • Luphocemus Denis, 1960 [2]

Harpactirella is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902. [3] Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1985. [4]

It is considered a senior synonym of Luphocemus. [2]

Species

As of October 2020 it contains 11 species, found in Africa: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Harpactirella Purcell, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi: 10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ a b Benoit, P. L. G. (1965). "Etudes sur les Barychelidae du Centre Africain (Araneae - Orthognatha) II. - Leptopelmatinae nouveaux". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 71: 297.
  3. ^ Purcell, W. F. (1902). "On the South African Theraphosidae or "Baviaan" spiders, in the collection of the South African Museum". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 11: 319–347. doi: 10.1080/21560382.1900.9525971.
  4. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 112.