Hapalopus coloratus is a species of tarantula found in Panama.[1][3] It was first described by Carlos E. Valerio in 1982 as Metriopelma coloratum.[1] It was transferred to the genus Hapalopus in 2016.[4]

Hapalopus coloratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hapalopus
Species:
H. coloratus
Binomial name
Hapalopus coloratus
(Valerio, 1982)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Metriopelma coloratum Valerio, 1982
  • Neischnocolus coloratus (Valerio, 1982)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Valerio, Carlos E. (1982). "Arañas terafosidas de Costa Rica (Araneae, Theraphosidae). IV. Generos Metriopelma y Cyclosternum, incluyendo especies de Panama". Brenesia. 19/20: 407–423.
  2. ^ "Hapalopus coloratus (Valerio, 1982)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Hapalopus coloratus (Valerio, 1982)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  4. ^ Gabriel, Ray (2016). "Revised taxonomic placement of the species in the Central American genera Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma Becker, 1878, and Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, with comments on species in related genera (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 17 (2): 61–92. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.2.61. S2CID 88749325.