Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Order Araneae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Infraorder Mygalomorphae | |
Hapalotremus major is a species of tarantula, in the subfamily Theraphosinae. It is native to Peru.
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Taxonomy
Ralph Vary Chamberlin originally described this species as Hemirrhagus major, but it was later transferred to Hapalotremus by Fernando Pérez-Miles & Arturo Locht.
Characteristics
Hapalotremus major differs from all other species of Hapalotremus by a thinner and more curved embolus, and also its size, which is proportionately large (29 mm).
References
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