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Hapalotremus major

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Species of spider

Hapalotremus major
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hapalotremus
Species: H. major
Binomial name
Hapalotremus major
(Chamberlin, 1916)

Hapalotremus major is a species of tarantula, in the subfamily Theraphosinae. It is native to Peru.

Taxonomy

Ralph Vary Chamberlin originally described this species as Hemirrhagus major, but it was later transferred to Hapalotremus by Fernando Pérez-Miles & Arturo Locht.

Characteristics

Hapalotremus major differs from all other species of Hapalotremus by a thinner and more curved embolus, and also its size, which is proportionately large (29 mm).

References

  1. ^ "Taxon details Hapalotremus major (Chamberlin, 1916)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. Chamberlin, Ralph Vary (1916). "Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. The Arachnida". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard. 60: 177–299. Hemirrhagus major. pp. 198–201.
Taxon identifiers
Hapalotremus major


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