Augacephalus
Sign in to saveAugacephalus is a genus of harpacterine theraphosid spiders. Its three species are found in Africa.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Theraphosidae
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- ARC-PPRI
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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- Theraphosidae
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Augacephalus is a genus of harpacterine theraphosid spiders. Its three species are found in Africa.
==Taxonomy and etymology== The type species of Augacephalus is A. breyeri which was described as Pterinochilus breyeri by Hewitt in 1919. In 2002, Gallon placed it a new genus, which he erected in the same paper, Augacephalus.
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