Brachionopus

Brachionopus is a genus of South African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.^[2] It was transferred to the Theraphosidae from the Barychelidae in 1985.^[3]

Brachionopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Brachionopus Pocock, 1897[1]
Type species
B. robustus Pocock, 1897
Species
4, see text

Species

As of June 2020^[update] it contains 4 species, found in South Africa:^[1]

• Brachionopus annulatus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
• Brachionopus pretoriae Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
• Brachionopus robustus Pocock, 1897 (type) – South Africa
• Brachionopus tristis Purcell, 1903 – South Africa

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species