Birupes

Birupes is a genus of tarantulas containing the single species, Birupes simoroxigorum. It was first described by R. Gabriel & D. Sherwood in 2019,[2] and is only found in Borneo[1]

Birupes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Birupes
Species:
B. simoroxigorum
Binomial name
Birupes simoroxigorum
Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019[1]

References

  1. "Gen. Birupes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D. (2019). "A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Sarawak, Borneo (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Journal of the British Tarantula Society. 34 (1): 19–34.


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