Citharognathus is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895.[2] As of August 2022[update] it contains two species: C. hosei and C. tongmianensis.[1]
| Citharognathus | |
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| Citharognathus tongmianensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Ornithoctoninae |
| Genus: | Citharognathus Pocock, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. hosei Pocock, 1895
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Diagnosis
editThey can be distinguished by their clypeus, which is less than the with of the eye group. The leg 4 is also distinctly thicker and longer than leg 1.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Citharognathus Pocock, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1895). "On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (6): 165–184. doi:10.1080/00222939508677863.
- ^ Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Zhang, Rui (2008). "Revision of the Theraphosid Spiders from China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae)". The Journal of Arachnology. 36 (2): 425–447. doi:10.1636/CA07-94.1. ISSN 0161-8202. JSTOR 25434306. S2CID 86482441.
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