Haplocosmia
Haplocosmia is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt & V. von Wirth in 1996.[2] As of March 2020 it contains three species, found in Nepal, Himalayas and Tibet: H. himalayana, H. nepalensis and H. sherwoodae .[1]
| Haplocosmia | |
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| Haplocosmia nepalensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. nepalensis Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996 | |
| Species | |
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Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by the spermathecae, which is in one piece, which thorn like hairs on the chelicarea and the scopula on tarsi 1 through 4. The scopula on tarsus 4 is divided by hairs.[3]
See also
References
- "Gen. Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- Schmidt, G.; Wirth, V. von (1996). "Haplocosmia nepalensis gen. et sp. n., die erste Vogelspinne aus Nepal (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae)". Arthropoda. 4: 12–15.
- Lin, Ye-Jie; Yan, Xunyou; Li, Shuqiang (2022-03-23). "A new species of the tarantula genus Haplocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Tibet, China". Biodiversity Data Journal. 10: e82682. doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e82682. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 8967813. PMID 35437411.
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