Acentropelma

Acentropelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. It was first described in 1901 by Pocock. As of 2020^[update], it contains 2 species.^[1]

Acentropelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Acentropelma Pocock[1]
Type species
Acentropelma spinulosum
Species
Acentropelma gutzkei (Reichling, 1997) - Belize Acentropelma spinulosum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) - Guatemala

Description

Genus Acentropelma resembles genus Metriopelma, with the distinction of Scopula on the first leg and palp.^[2]

List of Species

The following is a list of known species within the genus Acentropelma:^[3]

• Acentropelma gutzkei (Reichling, 1997) - Belize
• Acentropelma spinulosum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type) - Guatemala

Etymology

The term Acentropelma comes from the Greek combining form "a-" meaning "not, without, or opposite to",^[4][5] the Latin, "Centro-", meaning "Center".,^[6] and the Greek "-Pelma" meaning "the underside or sole of the foot".^[7][8]