Biology:Haploclastus
Haploclastus is a genus of Indian tarantulas (family Theraphosidae) that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[1] The genus Phlogiodes has been synonymized with Haploclastus by some authors.[2][3]
Description
They can be distinguished by the deep and procured fovea, with horizontal thornlike hairs in two or three rows above and below the maxillary. These hairs have a long tapering, they are modified and aligned vertically in a "diffuse" pattern on the maxilla.[4]
Taxonomy
The genus Haploclastus was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[1] In 1899, Reginald Pocock erected the genus Phlogiodes. He described two species, Phlogiodes validus from a male specimen and Phlogiodes robustus from a female specimen.[5] The relationship between the genera Haploclastus and Phlogiodes has varied; in 1985, Raven sank Phlogiodes into Haploclastus.[2] In 2010, the two Phlogiodes species were synonymized and transferred to Haploclastus as Haploclastus validus.[3] In 2013, H. validus was restored to Phlogiodes, the placement accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2025[update].[6]
Species
As of January 2025[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted seven species, all found in India:[6]
- Haploclastus ajithii Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus bratocolonus Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus cervinus Simon, 1892 (type) – India
- Haploclastus montanus Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus nilgirinus Pocock, 1899 – India
- Haploclastus satyanus (Barman, 1978) – India
- Haploclastus tenebrosus Gravely, 1935 – India
Transferred to other genera
- Haploclastus himalayensis (Tikader, 1977) → Chilobrachys himalayensis
- Haploclastus devamatha (Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014) → Cilantica devamatha
- Haploclastus kayi (Gravely, 1915) → Cilantica kayi
- Haploclastus validus (Pocock, 1899), syn. H. robustus (Pocock, 1899) → Phlogiodes validus
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51973.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 157.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mirza, Z. A.; Sanap, R. (2013). "Revalidation of the tarantula genus Phlogiodes Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology 2 (2): 17–21. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/12426.
- ↑ Jose K, Sunil (2016). "Redescription of Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915 (Araneae:Theraphosidae)". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324208853.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1899). "Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (4): 744–753. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1162.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gen. Haploclastus Simon, 1892. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3361. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
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