Biology:Ornithoctonus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Ornithoctonus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. andersoni Pocock, 1892
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| Species | |
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Ornithoctonus is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1892.[2] As of May 2020[update] it contains three species, found in Thailand and Myanmar: O. andersoni, O. aureotibialis, and O. costalis.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3400. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1892). "Supplementary notes on the Arachnida and Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago: with descriptions of some new species from Siam and Malaysia". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24 (153): 316–326. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1892.tb02485.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70143.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2110144 entry
