Pachistopelma

Pachistopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.^[2] As of May 2020^[update] it contains two species, found in Brazil: P. bromelicola and P. rufonigrum.^[1] They have a straight front eye row and males have a spinose spur on the first tibia. Females have two spermathecae lacking lobes or constrictions that have a slight curvature in the middle.^[3]

Pachistopelma
Female Pachistopelma rufonigrum in habitat; scale bar = 10 millimetres (0.39 in)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901[1]
Type species
P. rufonigrum Pocock, 1901
Species
P. bromelicola Bertani, 2012 – Brazil P. rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 – Brazil

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species