Harpactira

Harpactira is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[2]

Harpactira
Harpactira marksi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Harpactira Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
H. atra (Latreille, 1832)
Species
15, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:[1]

• Harpactira atra (Latreille, 1832) (type) – South Africa
• Harpactira baviana Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
• Harpactira cafreriana (Walckenaer, 1837) – South Africa
• Harpactira chrysogaster Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
• Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
• Harpactira curvipes Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
• Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
• Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
• Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
• Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
• Harpactira lyrata (Simon, 1892) – South Africa
• Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
• Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902 – Namibia, South Africa
• Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
• Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875 – South Africa

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Harpactira Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
2. Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.