''Coremiocnemis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteristics of the posterior legs.

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished from other genera by having long, hair brushes along the retrolateral metatarsus and tarsus in leg 4. Females also own a

spermathecae The spermatheca (pronounced plural: spermathecae ), also called receptaculum seminis (plural: receptacula seminis), is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, e.g. ants, bees, some molluscs, oligochaeta worms and certain other in ...

with two lobes, males with pegs in the chelicarae.

Species

it contains six species, with three other transferred to ''Psednocnemis'', they are found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, and

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: *'' Coremiocnemis cunicularia'' (Simon, 1892) ( type) –

*'' Coremiocnemis hoggi'' West & Nunn, 2010 – Malaysia *'' Coremiocnemis kotacana'' West & Nunn, 2010 –

( Sumatra) *'' Coremiocnemis obscura'' West & Nunn, 2010 – Malaysia *'' Coremiocnemis tropix'' Raven, 2005 – Australia (

) *'' Coremiocnemis valida'' Pocock, 1895 –

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...

Transferred to other genera

* ''Coremiocnemis brachyramosa'' West & Nunn, 2010 → '' Psednocnemis brachyramosa'' * ''Coremiocnemis gnathospina'' West & Nunn, 2010 → '' Psednocnemis gnathospina'' * ''Coremiocnemis jeremyhuffi'' West & Nunn, 2010 → '' Psednocnemis jeremyhuffi''

References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub

Diagnosis

Species

Transferred to other genera

See also

References