''Harpactira'' is a
genus of African
tarantulas that was first described by
Anton Ausserer
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in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in
Namibia and
South Africa:
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Harpactira atra
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*'' Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
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) –
South Africa
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Harpactira baviana
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*'' Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
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Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
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Harpactira cafreriana
''Harpactira cafreriana'' otherwise known as the Cape copper baboon or amber baboon tarantula spider was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. It is found in South Africa, being terrestrial or semi-fossorial in nature.
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( Walckenaer, 1837) – South Africa
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Harpactira chrysogaster
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*''Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpac ...
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, 1897 – South Africa
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Harpactira curator
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*''Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) (Type_species, type ...
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Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
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Harpactira curvipes
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*'' Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpa ...
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Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
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Harpactira dictator
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*'' Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpa ...
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Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
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Harpactira gigas
''Harpactira gigas'', sometimes called the common baboon spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae. It is found in South Africa from Western Cape Province north to Limpopo Province.
This reclusive spider, rarely ...
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Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
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Harpactira hamiltoni''
Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
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Harpactira lineata
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*''Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpac ...
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Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
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Harpactira lyrata
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*''Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpac ...
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( Simon, 1892) – South Africa
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Harpactira marksi
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*''Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpac ...
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Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
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Harpactira namaquensis
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*''Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpac ...
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Purcell, 1902 –
Namibia, South Africa
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Harpactira pulchripes
''Harpactira pulchripes'', also known as the golden blue-legged baboon spider, is a bright yellow bodied and metallic blue legged tarantula found in South Africa. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. It is a very highly desire ...
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Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
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Harpactira tigrina
''Harpactira'' is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains fifteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:
*''Harpactira atra'' (Latreille, 1832) ( type) – South Africa
*''Harpac ...
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Ausserer, 1875 – South Africa
See also
*
List of Theraphosidae species
References
Theraphosidae genera
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
Theraphosidae
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