Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895

Hoang, Quang Duy, Yu, Kun, Wendt, Ingo, West, Rick C. & Wirth, Volker Von, 2025, The new genus Magnacrus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae) from Vietnam, with notes on Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895, Zootaxa 5701 (3), pp. 351-381 : 355

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417556

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scientific name

Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895
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Subfamily Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895

Ornithoctonidae Pocock 1895: 179

Ornithoctoneae Simon 1903: 918, 943

Diagnosis (following Raven 1985). Retrolateral face of chelicerae with short scopula; retrobasal surface with strong paddle setae that act against horizontally aligned thorn setae on opposing face of prolateral maxillae.

Genera included. Aspinochilus Müller et. al., 2024; Citharognathus Pocock, 1895 ; Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887 ; Lampropelma Simon, 1892 ; Magnacrus gen. nov.; Omothymus Thorell, 1891 ; Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892 ; Phormingochilus Pocock, 1895 ; Taksinus Songsangchote et al., 2022 .

Distribution. Endemic to Southeast Asia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theraphosidae

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