genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
tarantulas
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...
that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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tarsus
Tarsus may refer to:
Biology
*Tarsus (skeleton), a cluster of articulating bones in each foot
*Tarsus (eyelids), elongated plate of dense connective tissue in each eyelid
*The distal segment of an arthropod leg see Arthropod tarsus
*The lower le ...
in leg 4. Females also own a
spermathecae
The spermatheca (pronounced plural: spermathecae ), also called receptaculum seminis (plural: receptacula seminis), is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, e.g. ants, bees, some molluscs, oligochaeta worms and certain other ...
with two lobes, males with pegs in the chelicarae.
Species
it contains six species, with three other transferred to ''Psednocnemis'', they are found in
Indonesia
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,
Malaysia
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, and
Queensland
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Coremiocnemis cunicularia
''Coremiocnemis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteri ...
'' (Simon, 1892) (
type
Type may refer to:
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* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* Ty ...
) –
Malaysia
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Coremiocnemis hoggi
''Coremiocnemis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteri ...
'' West & Nunn, 2010 – Malaysia
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Coremiocnemis kotacana
''Coremiocnemis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteri ...
'' West & Nunn, 2010 –
Indonesia
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Coremiocnemis obscura
''Coremiocnemis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteri ...
Raven
A raven is any of several larger-bodied bird species of the genus ''Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned ...
Queensland
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, established_ ...
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Coremiocnemis valida
''Coremiocnemis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteri ...
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, 1895 –
Borneo
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Transferred to other genera
* ''Coremiocnemis brachyramosa'' West & Nunn, 2010 → ''
Psednocnemis brachyramosa
''Psednocnemis'' is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by R. C. West, S. C. Nunn & Henry Roughton Hogg in 2012.
Species
it contains five species, found in Indonesia and Malaysia:
*'' Psednocnemis brachyramosa'' ...
''
* ''Coremiocnemis gnathospina'' West & Nunn, 2010 → ''
Psednocnemis gnathospina
''Psednocnemis'' is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by R. C. West, S. C. Nunn & Henry Roughton Hogg in 2012.
Species
it contains five species, found in Indonesia and Malaysia:
*'' Psednocnemis brachyramosa'' (West ...
''
* ''Coremiocnemis jeremyhuffi'' West & Nunn, 2010 → ''
Psednocnemis jeremyhuffi
''Psednocnemis'' is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by R. C. West, S. C. Nunn & Henry Roughton Hogg in 2012.
Species
it contains five species, found in Indonesia and Malaysia:
*'' Psednocnemis brachyramosa'' (West ...
''
See also
*
List of Theraphosidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theraphosidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1041 species in 156 genera:
A ''Acanthopelma''
''Acanthopelma'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
* ''Acanthopelma beccarii'' Ca ...