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Genus of spiders

Ornithoctonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Ornithoctonus
Pocock, 1892
Type species
O. andersoni
Pocock, 1892
Species

Ornithoctonus is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1892. As of May 2020 it contains three species, found in Thailand and Myanmar: O. andersoni, O. aureotibialis, and O. costalis.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. 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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Taxon identifiers
Ornithoctonus


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