Pachistopelma

Pachistopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[2] As of May 2020 it contains two species, found in Brazil: P. bromelicola and P. rufonigrum.[1] They have a straight front eye row and males have a spinose spur on the first tibia. Females have two spermathecae lacking lobes or constrictions that have a slight curvature in the middle.[3]

Pachistopelma
Female Pachistopelma rufonigrum in habitat; scale bar = 10 millimetres (0.39 in)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Pachistopelma
Pocock, 1901[1]
Type species
P. rufonigrum
Pocock, 1901
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