Pachistopelma
| Pachistopelma | |
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| Female Pachistopelma rufonigrum in habitat; scale bar = 10 mm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: |
Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 |
Pachistopelma is a spider genus in the family Theraphosidae, native to Brazil.
Pachistopelma has a straight front eye row and (in males) a spinose spur on the first tibia. In females, there is two spermathecae (which lack lobes or constriction) with slight curvature in the middle.
As of June 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
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