Harpactira

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Harpactira
Harpactira marksi.JPG
Harpactira marksi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Harpactira
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species

(Latreille, 1832)
Species

15, see text

Harpactira is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[2]

Species[]

As of March 2020 it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:[1]

  • (Latreille, 1832) (type) – South Africa
  • Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • (Walckenaer, 1837) – South Africa
  • Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
  • Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
  • Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
  • Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
  • Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
  • Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
  • Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
  • (Simon, 1892) – South Africa
  • Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
  • Purcell, 1902Namibia, South Africa
  • Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
  • Ausserer, 1875 – South Africa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Harpactira Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.


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