Brachionopus
| Brachionopus | |
|---|---|
| female B. robustus | |
| B. pretoriae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Brachionopus Pocock, 1897[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. robustus Pocock, 1897
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| Species | |
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Brachionopus is a genus of South African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.[2] It was transferred to the Theraphosidae from the Barychelidae in 1985.[3]
All described species are endemic to South Africa.[1]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes four species:[1]
- Brachionopus annulatus Purcell, 1903
- Brachionopus pretoriae Purcell, 1904
- Brachionopus robustus Pocock, 1897 (type species)
- Brachionopus tristis Purcell, 1903
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Brachionopus Pocock, 1897". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 65 (3): 724–774. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03116.x.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 112.
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