Batesiella is a monotypic genus of African tarantulas containing the single species, Batesiella crinita. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903,[2] and is found in Cameroon.[1] It is named in honor of the collector, G. L. Bates.[2] It was synonymized with Encyocrates from 1985 to 1990.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Batesiella Pocock, 1903[1] |
| Species: | B. crinita
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| Batesiella crinita Pocock, 1903
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Batesiella Pocock, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ^ a b Pocock, R. I. (1903). "Some new spiders from the Camaroons collected by Mr. G. L. Bates". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (7): 258–264. doi:10.1080/00222930308678762.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 150.
- ^ Smith, A. M. (1990). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. p. 23.
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