Biology:Citharognathus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Citharognathus | |
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| Citharognathus tongmianensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Citharognathus Pocock, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. hosei Pocock, 1895
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Citharognathus is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895.[2] (As of August 2022) it contains two species: C. hosei and C. tongmianensis.[1]
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by their clypeus, which is less than the with of the eye group. The leg 4 is also distinctly thicker and longer than leg 1.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Citharognathus Pocock, 1895. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3339. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1895). "On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 (6): 165–184. doi:10.1080/00222939508677863. https://zenodo.org/record/2380745.
- ↑ Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Zhang, Rui (2008). "Revision of the Theraphosid Spiders from China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae)". The Journal of Arachnology 36 (2): 425–447. doi:10.1636/CA07-94.1. ISSN 0161-8202. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25434306.
Wikidata ☰ Q2401408 entry
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