Haploclastus | |
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Haploclastus validus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Haploclastus Simon, 1892[1] |
Type species | |
H. cervinus Simon, 1892
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Species | |
7, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Haploclastus is a genus of Indian tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Phlogiodes.[2]
They can be distinguished by the deep and procured fovea, with horizontal thorn like hairs in two or three rows above and below the maxillary. These hairs have a long tapering, which where modified and aligned vertically in a "diffuse" pattern on the maxilla.[4]
As of March 2023[update] it contains seven species, found in India:[1]