Haploclastus is a genus of Indian tarantulas (family Theraphosidae) that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[2] The genus Phlogiodes has been synonymized with Haploclastus by some authors.[3][4]
Description
They can be distinguished by the deep and procured fovea, with horizontal thornlike hairs in two or three rows above and below the maxillary. These hairs have a long tapering, they are modified and aligned vertically in a "diffuse" pattern on the maxilla.[5]
Taxonomy
The genus Haploclastus was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[2] In 1899, Reginald Pocock erected the genus Phlogiodes. He described two species, Phlogiodes validus from a male specimen and Phlogiodes robustus from a female specimen.[6] The relationship between the genera Haploclastus and Phlogiodes has varied; in 1985, Raven sank Phlogiodes into Haploclastus.[3] In 2010, the two Phlogiodes species were synonymized and transferred to Haploclastus as Haploclastus validus.[4] In 2013, H. validus was restored to Phlogiodes, the placement accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2025.[1]
Species
As of January 2025, the World Spider Catalog accepted seven species, all found in India:[1]
- Haploclastus ajithii Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus bratocolonus Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus cervinus Simon, 1892 (type) – India
- Haploclastus montanus Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus nilgirinus Pocock, 1899 – India
- Haploclastus satyanus (Barman, 1978) – India
- Haploclastus tenebrosus Gravely, 1935 – India
Transferred to other genera
- Haploclastus himalayensis (Tikader, 1977) → Chilobrachys himalayensis
- Haploclastus devamatha (Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014) → Cilantica devamatha
- Haploclastus kayi (Gravely, 1915) → Cilantica kayi
- Haploclastus validus (Pocock, 1899), syn. H. robustus (Pocock, 1899) → Phlogiodes validus
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Haploclastus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ a b Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 157.
- ^ a b Mirza, Z. A. & Sanap, R. (2013). "Revalidation of the tarantula genus Phlogiodes Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology. 2 (2): 17–21 – via World Spider Catalog.
- ^ Jose K, Sunil (2016). "Redescription of Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915 (Araneae:Theraphosidae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1899). "Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 12 (4): 744–753 – via World Spider Catalog.
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