Haplocosmia

Haplocosmia
Haplocosmia nepalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Haplocosmia
Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996[1]
Type species
H. nepalensis
Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996
Species

Haplocosmia is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt & V. von Wirth in 1996.[2] As of March 2020 it contains three species, found in Nepal, Himalayas and Tibet: H. himalayana, H. nepalensis and H. sherwoodae .[1]

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished by the spermathecae, which is in one piece, which thornlike hairs on the chelicarea and the scopula on tarsi 1 through 4. The scopula on tarsus 4 is divided by hairs.[3]

Behaviour and ecology

They burrow in silk-linen burrows in the ground, and are found at elevations of 1000-2000m.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ Schmidt, G.; Wirth, V. von (1996). "Haplocosmia nepalensis gen. et sp. n., die erste Vogelspinne aus Nepal (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae)". Arthropoda. 4: 12–15.
  3. ^ Lin, Ye-Jie; Yan, Xunyou; Li, Shuqiang (2022-03-23). "A new species of the tarantula genus Haplocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Tibet, China". Biodiversity Data Journal. 10: e82682. doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e82682. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 8967813. PMID 35437411.
  4. ^ Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.


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