Lampropelma | |
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Lampropelma carpenteri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Lampropelma Simon, 1892 [1] |
Type species | |
L. nigerrimum Simon, 1892
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Species | |
2, see text |
Lampropelma is a genus of Indonesian tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. [2] As of March 2020 [update] it contains two species, found in Indonesia.
They can be distinguished from Phormingochilus and Omothymus though to the apical swelling of the embolus, which then narrows to a point in the apex. Furthermore their distribution can be used as an identifying factor, as they are only found in Indonesia. [3]
As of July 2022 [update], this genus owns two species, both being found in Indonesia. [4]