Annandaliella
Appearance
Annandaliella | |
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Annandaliella travancorica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Subfamily: | Selenogyrinae |
Genus: | Annandaliella Hirst, 1909[1] |
Species | |
See text. | |
Diversity[1] | |
3 species |
Annandaliella is a genus of tarantulas (family Theraphosidae, subfamily Selenogyrinae) endemic to India.
Characteristics
Annandaliella selenogyrid tarantulas have a stridulating organ on the inner side of the chelicerae, which consists of an oblique row of five strong spines with weak spines placed behind these, and some of the setae have their ends slightly enlarged there.[2]
Species
As of January 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Annandaliella ernakulamensis Jose & Sebastian, 2008 — India
- Annandaliella pectinifera Gravely, 1935 — India
- Annandaliella travancorica Hirst, 1909 — India
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Annandaliella Hirst, 1909", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-01-13
- ^ Hirst, A. S. (1909). On some new or little-known mygalomorph spiders from the Oriental Region and Australasia. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 3(4:30): 383-390