Brachytheliscus
| Brachytheliscus | |
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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: | Entypesidae |
| Genus: | Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902[1] |
| Species: | B. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachytheliscus bicolor | |
Brachytheliscus is a monotypic genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae containing the single species, Brachytheliscus bicolor. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1902,[2] and it has only been found in South Africa.[1] It was previously considered a junior synonym of Hermacha,[3] but was moved to genus status in 2021.[4] The type species was originally described under the name "Brachythele bicolor".[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1902). "Some new African spiders". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 10: 315–330. doi:10.1080/00222930208678678.
- ^ Hewitt, J. (1915). "Notes on several four-lunged spiders in the collection of the Durban Museum, with descriptions of two new forms". Annales of the Durban Museum. 1: 125–133.
- ^ Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Engelbrecht, I.; Goloboff, P. A. (2021). "A revision of the genus Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae: Entypesidae), in southern Africa with revalidation of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915, and Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902". American Museum Novitates (3977): 1–80. doi:10.1206/3977.1. S2CID 237402341.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 65 (3): 724–774, pl. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03116.x.
Further reading
[edit]- Tucker, R. W. E. (1917). "On some South African Aviculariidae (Arachnida). Families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Diplotheleae and Dipluridae". Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 79–138.