Thrixopelma ockerti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Clade: | Avicularioidea |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Thrixopelma |
Species: | T. ockerti
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Binomial name | |
Thrixopelma ockerti Schmidt, 1994
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Thrixopelma ockerti, commonly known as the Peruvian Flame Rump or Flame Rump Tree Spider, is a species of tarantula and the type species of the genus Thrixopelma. It is endemic to Peru and was first described by Gunter Schmidt in 1994.[1] It is named ockerti after the collector Roland Ockert.[1]