Schizopelma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897[1] |
Type species | |
S. bicarinatum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
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Species | |
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Schizopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1897.[2] As of May 2020[update] it contains two species, found in Central America and Mexico: S. bicarinatum and S. juxtantricola.[1]