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Female Pachistopelma rufonigrum in habitat; scale bar = 10 millimetres (0.39 in) | |
Scientific 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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Pachistopelma is a genusofBrazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[2] As of May 2020[update] 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]
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