Harpactirella is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.[3] Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1985.[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: | Harpactirella Purcell, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. treleaveni Purcell, 1902
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It is considered a senior synonym of Luphocemus.[2]
Species
editAs of October 2020[update] it contains 11 species, found in Africa:[1]
- Harpactirella domicola Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- Harpactirella helenae Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- Harpactirella karrooica Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactirella lapidaria Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
- Harpactirella lightfooti Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactirella longipes Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
- Harpactirella magna Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
- Harpactirella overdijki Gallon, 2010 – South Africa
- Harpactirella schwarzi Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
- Harpactirella spinosa Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
- Harpactirella treleaveni Purcell, 1902 (type) – South Africa
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Harpactirella Purcell, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ a b Benoit, P. L. G. (1965). "Etudes sur les Barychelidae du Centre Africain (Araneae - Orthognatha) II. - Leptopelmatinae nouveaux". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 71: 297.
- ^ Purcell, W. F. (1902). "On the South African Theraphosidae or "Baviaan" spiders, in the collection of the South African Museum". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 11: 319–347. doi:10.1080/21560382.1900.9525971.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 112.
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