Hemirrhagus

Hemirrhagus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hemirrhagus
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
H. cervinus
(Simon, 1891)
Species

27, see text

Synonyms[1]

Hemirrhagus is a genus of Mexican tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Spelopelma.[2] Species of the genus Hemirrhagus are 5 to 12 cm long, usually black in colour, the urticating hairs on the opisthosoma are arranged in one dorsomedian patch, two dorsal paramedian patches, or two lateral patches. It is unique amongst the theraphosine genera because of the retrolateral coxal heels, the shape of the male palpal bulb, and the urticating hairs on the abdomen are reduced or completely missing.[4] It is the only genus with epigean, troglophile and troglobitic species.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Pérez-Miles, F.; Locht, A. (2003). "Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 12: 366.
  3. ^ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mend14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).