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Kochiana

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Kochiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Kochiana
Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008[1]
Species:
K. brunnipes
Binomial name
Kochiana brunnipes
(C. L. Koch, 1841)

Kochiana is a monotypic genus of Brazilian tarantulas containing the single species, Kochiana brunnipes or the dwarf pink leg.[citation needed] It was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841 under the name "Mygale brunnipes",[2] and was transferred to its own genus in 2008.[3] As of April 2020, it has only been found in Brazil.[1]

Description

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They have black cephalothoraxes and abdomens with golden urticating hairs. The coxae, trochanters and femurs are also black, but the patellae, tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi are reddish light brown.[3]

K. brunnipes males differ from others in the Theraphosinae subfamily by having a long and downwards pointing embolus with prolateral accessory keels, and by the ability of the first metatarsus to fold between the two branches of the tibial spur.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ Koch, C. L. (1841). Die Arachniden. p. 35.
  3. ^ a b c Fukushima, C. S.; Nagahama, R. H.; Bertani, R. (2008). "The identity of Mygale brunnipes C.L. Koch 1842 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with a redescription of the species and the description of a new genus". Journal of Arachnology. 36 (2): 402–410. doi:10.1636/CA07-108.1. S2CID 54692025.