Kochiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008 [1] |
Species: | K. brunnipes
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Binomial name | |
Kochiana brunnipes (
C. L. Koch, 1841)
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Kochiana is a monotypic genus of Brazilian tarantulas containing the single species, Kochiana brunnipes or the dwarf pink leg.[ citation needed] It was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841 under the name "Mygale brunnipes", [2] and was transferred to its own genus in 2008. [3] As of April 2020 [update], it has only been found in Brazil. [1]
They have black cephalothoraxes and abdomens with golden urticating hairs. The coxae, trochanters and femurs are also black, but the patellae, tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi are reddish light brown. [3]
K. brunnipes males differ from others in the Theraphosinae subfamily by having a long and downwards pointing embolus with prolateral accessory keels, and by the ability of the first metatarsus to fold between the two branches of the tibial spur. [3]