Paracenobiopelma

Paracenobiopelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Subfamily: Sasoninae
Genus: Paracenobiopelma
Feio, 1952
Species: P. gerecormophilum
Binomial name
Paracenobiopelma gerecormophilum
Feio, 1952
Diversity
1 species

Paracenobiopelma is a monotypic genus of barychelid trapdoor spiders from Brazil.

Their closest relatives are found in the genus Sason, which occurs in south Asia.

Name

The genus name is combined from the Ancient Greek root para "near to" and the genus name Cenobiopelma, which is now renamed to Oligoxystre, and transferred to the family Theraphosidae. Cenobiopelma is a combination of the Ancient Greek roots ceno "evacuation", bio "life", and pelma "sole of the foot".

The species name is derived from the roots ger "to carry", cormo "tree trunk" and philum "to like".

References

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