Crassicrus

Crassicrus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996[1]
Type species
C. lamanai Reichling & West, 1996
Species
6, see text

Crassicrus is a genus of Central and South American tarantulas that was first described by S. B. Reichling & R. C. West in 1996.[2]

Species

As of March 2020^[update] it contains six species, found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico:[1]

• Crassicrus bidxigui Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017 – Mexico
• Crassicrus cocona Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017 – Mexico
• Crassicrus lamanai Reichling & West, 1996 (type) – Guatemala, Belize
• Crassicrus stoicum (Chamberlin, 1925) – Mexico
• Crassicrus tochtli Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017 – Mexico
• Crassicrus yumkimil Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017 – Mexico

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
2. Reichling, S. B.; West, R. C. (1996). "A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Belize (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 24: 254–261.