Acentropelma
Acentropelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. It was first described in 1901 by Pocock. As of 2017, it contains 4 species.[1]
| Acentropelma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Acentropelma Pocock[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acentropelma spinulosum | |
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Description
Genus Acentropelma resembles genus Metriopelma, with the distinction of scopula on the first leg and palp.[2]
List of Species
The following is a list of known species within the genus Acentropelma:[3]
- A. macropus (Ausserer, 1875)
- A. spinulosum (Type) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)
- A. sorkini (Smith, 1995)
- A. gutzkei (Reichling, 1997)
Etymology
The term Acentropelma comes from the Greek combining form "a-" meaning "not, without, or opposite to",[4][5] the Latin, "Centro-", meaning "Center".,[6] and the Greek "-Pelma" meaning "the underside or sole of the foot".[7][8]
References
- "Theraphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- Gunther, Albert, C.L.G.; Carruthers, William; Francis, William. 1901. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology Vol. VIII, Seventh Series. Pp. 554-555. Pub. Taylor and Francis.
- https://www.tarantupedia.com/theraphosinae/acentropelma
- https://www.etymonline.com/word/a-
- https://www.thefreedictionary.com/a-
- https://www.yourdictionary.com/centro
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pelma
- https://www.definitions.net/definition/pelma
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