Kochiana
Kochiana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008[1] |
Species: | K. brunnipes
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Binomial name | |
Kochiana brunnipes (C. L. Koch, 1841)
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Kochiana is a monotypic genus of Brazilian tarantulas containing the single species, Kochiana brunnipes or the dwarf pink leg.[citation needed] 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[update], it has only been found in Brazil.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c 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 (2): 402–410. doi:10.1636/CA07-108.1. S2CID 54692025.