Harpactirella

Harpactirella is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.[3] Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1985.[4]

Harpactirella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Harpactirella
Purcell, 1902[1]
Type species
H. treleaveni
Purcell, 1902
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Luphocemus Denis, 1960[2]

It is considered a senior synonym of Luphocemus.[2]

Species

As of March 2020 it contains twelve species, found in Africa:[1]

  • Harpactirella domicola Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella helenae Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella insidiosa (Denis, 1960) – Morocco
  • Harpactirella karrooica Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella lapidaria Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella lightfooti Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella longipes Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella magna Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella overdijki Gallon, 2010 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella schwarzi Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella spinosa Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  • Harpactirella treleaveni Purcell, 1902 (type) – South Africa
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See also

References
  1. "Gen. Harpactirella Purcell, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. Benoit, P. L. G. (1965). "Etudes sur les Barychelidae du Centre Africain (Araneae - Orthognatha) II. - Leptopelmatinae nouveaux". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 71: 297.
  3. Purcell, W. F. (1902). "On the South African Theraphosidae or "Baviaan" spiders, in the collection of the South African Museum". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 11: 319–347.
  4. 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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