| Harpactira | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Harpactira marksi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Harpactira Ausserer, 1871 [1] |
| Type species | |
| H. atra (Latreille, 1832) | |
| Species | |
16, see text | |
Harpactira is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. [2]
As of March 2020 [update] it contains sixteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa: [1]
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