Biology:Brachionopus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Brachionopus Pocock, 1897[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. robustus Pocock, 1897
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Brachionopus is a genus of South Africa n tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.[2] It was transferred to the Theraphosidae from the Barychelidae in 1985.[3]
Species
As of June 2020[update] it contains 4 species, found in South Africa :[1]
- Brachionopus annulatus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- Brachionopus pretoriae Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
- Brachionopus robustus Pocock, 1897 (type) – South Africa
- Brachionopus tristis Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Brachionopus Pocock, 1897. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3329. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 65 (3): 724–774. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03116.x. https://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?showContent=true&id=107640.
- ↑ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 112.
Wikidata ☰ Q1905096 entry
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