Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Theraphosidae Rank Genus | Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Mygalomorphae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | |
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Similar Pachistopelma bromelicola, Pachistopelma rufonigrum, Iridopelma, Typhochlaena, Aviculariinae | ||
Pachistopelma rufonigrum mating
Pachistopelma is a spider genus in the family Theraphosidae, native to Brazil.
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Rehousing my pachistopelma rufonigrum
Characteristics
Pachistopelma has a straight front eye row and (in males) a spinose spur on the first tibia. In females, there is two spermathecae (which lack lobes or constriction) with slight curvature in the middle.
Species
As of June 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
References
Pachistopelma Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA