Brachytheliscus

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Brachytheliscus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Entypesidae
Genus: Brachytheliscus
Pocock, 1902 [1]
Species:
B. bicolor
Binomial name
Brachytheliscus bicolor
Pocock, 1897 [1]

Brachytheliscus is a monotypic genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae containing the single species, Brachytheliscus bicolor. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1902, [2] and it has only been found in South Africa. [1] It was previously considered a junior synonym of Hermacha , [3] but was moved to genus status in 2021. [4] The type species was originally described under the name "Brachythele bicolor". [5]

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References

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  3. Hewitt, J. (1915). "Notes on several four-lunged spiders in the collection of the Durban Museum, with descriptions of two new forms". Annales of the Durban Museum. 1: 125–133.
  4. Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Engelbrecht, I.; Goloboff, P. A. (2021). "A revision of the genus Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae: Entypesidae), in southern Africa with revalidation of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915, and Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902". American Museum Novitates (3977): 1–80. doi:10.1206/3977.1. S2CID   237402341.
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