Phoneyusa
Phoneyusa | |
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Phoneyusa lesserti from Gabon at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884[1] |
Phoneyusa is a genus of spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas).[1]
Taxonomy[]
The genus was erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1884, based on a spider from central Africa he regarded as in some ways similar to the South American genera Avicularia and Eurypelma (now included in Avicularia), but nevertheless distinct.[2] Karsch explained the name as meaning "murderess".[3] (Phoneyusa is one transcription of the Greek φονεύουσα, derived from the verb φονεύω, 'murder'.)
Distribution[]
The species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Species[]
As of May 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- (Simon, 1889) – Congo
- Karsch, 1884 (type species) – Central African Rep.
- Pocock, 1899 – West, Central Africa
- Berland, 1917 – Madagascar
- Karsch, 1886 – Gabon
- Simon, 1906 – West Africa
- Berland, 1917 – Congo
- (Simon, 1889) – Gabon
- Laurent, 1946 – Congo
- (Simon, 1889) – Congo
- Phoneyusa lesserti Dresco, 1973 – Central African Rep.
- Simon, 1907 – Príncipe
- (Strand, 1907) – Cameroon
- Simon, 1907 – Príncipe
- Phoneyusa rutilata (Simon, 1907) – Guinea-Bissau
- Smith, 1990 – Angola
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Gen. Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ Karsch, F. (1884). "Phoneyusa, eine neue Vogelspinnengattung aus Central-Afrika". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 28 (2): 347–350. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18840280211.
- ^ Karsch (1884). "Ein eigenes Genus, für das der Name Phoneyusa, die Mörderin, entsprechend dem gar gefährlichen Aussehen des Thieres, Geltung haben möge" (a separate genus, for which the name Phoneyusa, the murderess, may have validity according to the quite dangerous appearance of the animal)
Categories:
- Theraphosidae
- Mygalomorphae genera
- Spiders of Africa
- Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
- Theraphosidae stubs