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Hapalotremus major

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Hapalotremus major
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hapalotremus
Species:
H. major
Binomial name
Hapalotremus major
(Chamberlin, 1916)[1]

Hapalotremus major is a species of tarantula, in the subfamily Theraphosinae. It is native to Peru.[1]

Taxonomy

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Ralph Vary Chamberlin originally described this species as Hemirrhagus major, but it was later transferred to Hapalotremus by Fernando Pérez-Miles & Arturo Locht.[1]

Characteristics

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Hapalotremus major differs from all other species of Hapalotremus by a thinner and more curved embolus, and also its size, which is proportionately large (29 mm).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Hapalotremus major (Chamberlin, 1916)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. ^ Chamberlin, Ralph Vary (1916). "Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. The Arachnida". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard. 60: 177–299. Hemirrhagus major. pp. 198–201.