Harpactira is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[2]
| Harpactira | |
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| Harpactira marksi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Harpactira Ausserer, 1871[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. atra (Latreille, 1832)
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| Species | |
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16, see text | |
Species edit
As of March 2020[update] it contains sixteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:[1]
- Harpactira atra (Latreille, 1832) (type) – South Africa
- Harpactira baviana Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- Harpactira cafreriana (Walckenaer, 1837) – South Africa
- Harpactira chrysogaster Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
- Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
- Harpactira curvipes Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
- Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
- Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
- Harpactira lyrata (Simon, 1892) – South Africa
- Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902 – Namibia, South Africa
- Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
- Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875 – South Africa
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- Harpactira guttata Strand, 1907
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Harpactira Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
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