Coremiocnemis is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2] They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteristics of the posterior legs.[3]
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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 |
| Subfamily: | Selenocosmiinae |
| Genus: | Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. cunicularia (Simon, 1892)
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Diagnosis
editThey can be distinguished from other genera by having long, hair brushes along the retrolateral metatarsus and tarsus in leg 4. Females also have a spermathecae with two lobes, and males have pegs in the chelicerae.[3]
Species
editAs of August 2022[update] it contains six species, with three other transferred to Psednocnemis, they are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Queensland:[1]
- Coremiocnemis cunicularia (Simon, 1892) (type) – Malaysia
- Coremiocnemis hoggi West & Nunn, 2010 – Malaysia
- Coremiocnemis kotacana West & Nunn, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Coremiocnemis obscura West & Nunn, 2010 – Malaysia
- Coremiocnemis tropix Raven, 2005 – Australia (Queensland)
- Coremiocnemis valida Pocock, 1895 – Borneo
Transferred to other genera
edit- Coremiocnemis brachyramosa West & Nunn, 2010 → Psednocnemis brachyramosa
- Coremiocnemis gnathospina West & Nunn, 2010 → Psednocnemis gnathospina
- Coremiocnemis jeremyhuffi West & Nunn, 2010 → Psednocnemis jeremyhuffi
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ a b West, Rick C.; Nunn, Steven C. (2010). "A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with further notes on the Selenocosmiinae". Zootaxa. 2443: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2443.1.1. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
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