Kochiana
Kochiana is a monotypic genus of Brazilian tarantulas containing the single species, Kochiana brunnipes. It was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841 under the name "Mygale brunnipes",[2] and was transferred to its own genus in 2008.[3] As of April 2020, it has only been found in Brazil.[1]
| Kochiana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008[1] |
| Species: | K. brunnipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Kochiana brunnipes (C. L. Koch, 1841) | |
Description
They have black cephalothoraxes and abdomens with golden urticating hairs. The coxae, trochanters and femurs are also black, but the patellae, tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi are reddish light brown.[3]
K. brunnipes males differ from others in the Theraphosinae subfamily by having a long and downwards pointing embolus with prolateral accessory keels, and by the ability of the first metatarsus to fold between the two branches of the tibial spur.[3]
See also
References
- "Gen. Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- Koch, C. L. (1841). Die Arachniden. p. 35.
- Fukushima, C. S.; Nagahama, R. H.; Bertani, R. (2008). "The identity of Mygale brunnipes C.L. Koch 1842 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with a redescription of the species and the description of a new genus". Journal of Arachnology. 36: 402–410.
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