Ornithoctonus is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1892.[2] As of May 2020[update] it contains three species, found in Thailand and Myanmar: O. andersoni, O. aureotibialis, and O. costalis.[1]
Ornithoctonus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892[1] |
Type species | |
O. andersoni Pocock, 1892
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Species | |
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edit- ^ a b "Gen. Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1892). "Supplementary notes on the Arachnida and Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago: with descriptions of some new species from Siam and Malaysia". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 24 (153): 316–326. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1892.tb02485.x.
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