Crassicrus

Crassicrus is a genus of Central and South American tarantulas that was first described by S. B. Reichling & R. C. West in 1996.[2]

Crassicrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Crassicrus
Reichling & West, 1996[1]
Type species
C. lamanai
Reichling & West, 1996
Species

6, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains six species, found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico:[1]

  • Crassicrus bidxigui Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017Mexico
  • Crassicrus cocona Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017 – Mexico
  • Crassicrus lamanai Reichling & West, 1996 (type) – Guatemala, Belize
  • Crassicrus stoicum (Chamberlin, 1925) – Mexico
  • Crassicrus tochtli Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017 – Mexico
  • Crassicrus yumkimil Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017 – Mexico

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. Reichling, S. B.; West, R. C. (1996). "A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Belize (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 24: 254–261.
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