Harpactirella
Sign in to saveHarpactirella is a genus of South African tarantulas that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902. Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1985.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 158
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Collections
- SAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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- Parent taxon
- Theraphosidae
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- Harpactirella
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Harpactirella is a genus of South African tarantulas that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902. Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1985.
It is considered a senior synonym of Luphocemus.
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