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Heterophrictus

Heterophrictus is a genus of Indian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900.

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Heterophrictus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Heterophrictus
Pocock, 19001
Type species
H. milleti
Pocock, 1900
Species

4, see text

Heterophrictus is a genus of Indian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900.2

Species

As of March 2020 it contains four species, found in India:1

  • Heterophrictus aareyensis Mirza & Sanap, 2014India
  • Heterophrictus blatteri (Gravely, 1935) – India
  • Heterophrictus milleti Pocock, 1900 (type) – India
  • Heterophrictus raveni Mirza & Sanap, 2014 – India

In synonymy:

  • H. mahabaleshwari (Tikader, 1977, Tikader, 1977) = Heterophrictus blatteri (Gravely, 1935)
References

References

  1. "Gen. Heterophrictus Pocock, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. Pocock, R. I. (1900). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. London, pp. pp. 1–279.