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Hemirrhagus
Hemirrhagus is a genus of Mexican tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903. It is considered a senior synonym of Spelopelma. Species of the genus Hemirrhagus are 5 to 12 cm long, usually black in colour, the urticating hairs on the opisthosoma are arranged in one dorsomedian patch, two dorsal paramedian patches, or two lateral patches. It is unique amongst the theraphosine genera because of the retrolateral coxal heels, the shape of the male palpal bulb, and the urticating hairs on the abdomen are reduced or completely missing. It is the only genus with epigean, troglophile and troglobitic species.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chilango Tarantula
speciesHemirrhagus chilango
Hemirrhagus eros
speciesHemirrhagus eros
Hemirrhagus ocellatus
speciesHemirrhagus ocellatus
Las Nubes Tarantula
speciesHemirrhagus benzaa
Hemirrhagus papalotl
speciesHemirrhagus papalotl
Hemirrhagus lochti
speciesHemirrhagus lochti
Hemirrhagus pernix
speciesHemirrhagus pernix
Hemirrhagus franckei
speciesHemirrhagus franckei
Hemirrhagus embolulatus
speciesHemirrhagus embolulatus
Hemirrhagus stygius
speciesHemirrhagus stygius
Hemirrhagus coztic
speciesHemirrhagus coztic
Hemirrhagus grieta
speciesHemirrhagus grieta
Hemirrhagus diablo
speciesHemirrhagus diablo
Hemirrhagus guichi
speciesHemirrhagus guichi
Hemirrhagus valdezi
speciesHemirrhagus valdezi
Hemirrhagus perezmilesi
speciesHemirrhagus perezmilesi
Hemirrhagus puebla
speciesHemirrhagus puebla
Hemirrhagus cervinus
speciesHemirrhagus cervinus
Hemirrhagus elliotti
speciesHemirrhagus elliotti
Hemirrhagus gertschi
speciesHemirrhagus gertschi
Hemirrhagus mitchelli
speciesHemirrhagus mitchelli
Hemirrhagus nahuanus
speciesHemirrhagus nahuanus
Hemirrhagus billsteelei
speciesHemirrhagus billsteelei
Hemirrhagus akheronteus
speciesHemirrhagus akheronteus
Hemirrhagus kalebi
speciesHemirrhagus kalebi
Hemirrhagus sprousei
speciesHemirrhagus sprousei
Hemirrhagus reddelli
speciesHemirrhagus reddelli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 249486.