Schizopelma

Schizopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1897.[3] As of May 2020 it contains two species, found in Central America and Mexico: S. bicarinatum and S. juxtantricola.[1]

Schizopelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Schizopelma
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897[1]
Type species
S. bicarinatum
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
Species
  • S. bicarinatum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Mexico, Central America
  • S. juxtantricola (Ortiz & Francke, 2015) – Mexico
Synonyms[1]

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 153.
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1897), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology


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