Biology:Harpactira

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Harpactira
Harpactira marksi.JPG
Harpactira marksi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Harpactira
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
H. atra
(Latreille, 1832)
Species

16, 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 sixteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa :[1]

H. atra
  • Harpactira baviana Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • Harpactira cafreriana (Walckenaer, 1837) – South Africa
  • Harpactira chrysogaster Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
  • Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
H. curator
  • Harpactira curvipes Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
  • Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
H. dictator
  • Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
  • Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
  • Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
  • Harpactira lyrata (Simon, 1892) – South Africa
  • Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
H. marksi
  • Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
  • Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875 – South Africa
H. tigrina
  • Harpactira guttata Strand, 1907

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Harpactira Ausserer, 1871. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3364. 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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