Hemirrhagus billsteelei

Hemirrhagus billsteelei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hemirrhagus
Species:
H. billsteelei
Binomial name
Hemirrhagus billsteelei
Mendoza & Francke 2018

Hemirrhagus billsteelei is a tarantula in the Hemirrhagus genus of Mexican cave tarantulas. This tarantula is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. This tarantula was first described by Mendoza and Francke in 2018, and is named in honour of Bill Steele, because of his contributions of knowledge in Mexican caves.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mendoza, J. I.; Francke, O. F. (2018). "Five new cave-dwelling species of Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with notes on the generic distribution and novel morphological features". Zootaxa. 4407 (4): 451–482. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.1.
  2. ^ "Hemirrhagus billsteelei Mendoza & Francke, 2018". Tarantulapedia.