Heteroscodra

Heteroscodra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Stromatopelminae
Genus:	Heteroscodra Pocock, 1899
Species
Heteroscodra crassipes Heteroscodra maculata Heteroscodra pachypoda

Heteroscodra is a genus of tarantulas which are native to West Africa and Central Africa. Like many Old World tarantulas, they have a strong venom, and can inflict a painful bite.

Species

Heteroscodra crassipes Hirst, 1907 — Cameroon, Gabon

Heteroscodra crassipes latithorax Strand, 1920 — Congo

Heteroscodra maculata Pocock, 1899 — West, Central Africa
Heteroscodra pachypoda (Strand, 1908) — Cameroon

References

Heteroscodra at the Encyclopedia of Life
Heteroscodra at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
R. I. Pocock (1899). "On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 833–885.
A. S. Hirst (1907). "Descriptions of new species of African spiders and Solifugae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 20: 33–39. http://biostor.org/reference/72534.

External links

Data related to Heteroscodra at Wikispecies