Biology:Eumenophorus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Eumenophorus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Eumenophorus
Pocock, 1897[1]
Type species
E. clementsi
Pocock, 1897
Species
  • E. clementsi Pocock, 1897 – Sierra Leone
  • E. murphyorum Smith, 1990 – Sierra Leone}
Synonyms[1]
  • Monocentropella Strand, 1907[2]

Eumenophorus is a genus of Sierra Leonean tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.[3] (As of March 2020) it contains two species, found in Sierra Leone: E. clementsi and E. murphyorum.[1] It is considered a senior synonym of Monocentropella.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3354. Retrieved 2020-04-12. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gallon, R. C. (2010). "On some southern African Harpactirinae, with notes on the eumenophorines Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 and Monocentropella Strand, 1907 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15 (2): 43. 
  3. Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 65 (3): 724–774. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03116.x. https://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?showContent=true&id=107640. 

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