Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Order Araneae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Infraorder Mygalomorphae | |
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Bacillochilus is a genus of tarantula (family Theraphosidae), with only one species, Bacillochilus xenostridulans, endemic to Angola.
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Etymology
The specific name is a mixture of a Greek word "ξενος", xenos (meaning "foreign" or "strange"), and a Latin word "stridulere" (meaning "to creak" or, in this sense, "to stridulate"), altogether meaning "to stridulate strangely", referring to the unusual and distinct form of the stridulation organ.
Characteristics
Bacillochilus xenostridulans is distinguished from other genera in the same subfamily (Harpactirinae) by the stridulating organ; which consists of a long scopula which is surrounded by plumose setae, on the retrolateral side of the chelicerae. Additional features include the lack of a prolateral cheliceral scopula; a transverse fovea; multiple lobes on the maxillae and labium; and a long distal segment of spinnerets.