Eumenophorus

Eumenophorus is a genus of Sierra Leonean tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.[3] As of March 2020 it contains two species, found in Sierra Leone: E. clementsi and E. murphyorum.[1] It is considered a senior synonym of Monocentropella.[2]

Eumenophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Eumenophorus
Pocock, 1897[1]
Type species
E. clementsi
Pocock, 1897
Species
  • E. clementsi Pocock, 1897Sierra Leone
  • E. murphyorum Smith, 1990 – Sierra Leone
Synonyms[1]

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. Gallon, R. C. (2010). "On some southern African Harpactirinae, with notes on the eumenophorines Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 and Monocentropella Strand, 1907 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 15 (2): 43.
  3. 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.


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