Biology:Kochiana
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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: | Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008[1] |
| Species: | K. brunnipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Kochiana brunnipes (C. L. Koch, 1841)
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Kochiana is a monotypic genus of Brazilian tarantulas containing the single species, Kochiana brunnipes or the dwarf pink leg.[citation needed] It was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841 under the name "Mygale brunnipes",[2] and was transferred to its own genus in 2008.[3] As of April 2020[update], it has only been found in Brazil .[1]
Description
They have black cephalothoraxes and abdomens with golden urticating hairs. The coxae, trochanters and femurs are also black, but the patellae, tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi are reddish light brown.[3]
K. brunnipes males differ from others in the Theraphosinae subfamily by having a long and downwards pointing embolus with prolateral accessory keels, and by the ability of the first metatarsus to fold between the two branches of the tibial spur.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3377. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ↑ Koch, C. L. (1841). Die Arachniden. p. 35.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fukushima, C. S.; Nagahama, R. H.; Bertani, R. (2008). "The identity of Mygale brunnipes C.L. Koch 1842 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with a redescription of the species and the description of a new genus". Journal of Arachnology 36 (2): 402–410. doi:10.1636/CA07-108.1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229091.
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