Batesiella

Batesiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Batesiella Pocock, 1903[1]
Species:	B. crinita
Binomial name
Batesiella crinita Pocock, 1903

Batesiella is a monotypic genus of African tarantulas containing the single species, Batesiella crinita. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903,[2] and is found in Cameroon.[1] It is named in honor of the collector, G. L. Bates.[2] It was synonymized with Encyocrates from 1985 to 1990.[3][4]

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Batesiella Pocock, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
2. Pocock, R. I. (1903). "Some new spiders from the Camaroons collected by Mr. G. L. Bates". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (7): 258–264. doi:10.1080/00222930308678762.
3. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 150.
4. Smith, A. M. (1990). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. p. 23.