Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Harpactirella Purcell, 1902 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00231 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Barychelidae to the Theraphosidae by Raven, 1985a: 112 (that transfer was not accepted by Charpentier, 1993: 5, who nevertheless identified no close relatives of the genus among the known barychelids); not a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1908 (Gallon, 2005d: 199, contra Raven, 1985a: 112); not a senior synonym of Luphocemus Denis, 1960 (Korba et al., 2022: 870, by transfer of the type species to Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871, contra Benoit, 1965c: 297).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2022-10-08
2022-10-08
Described in
Purcell, 1902a: 340 (type Harpactirella treleaveni Purcell, 1902; gender feminine)
Purcell, 1902a: 340 (type Harpactirella treleaveni Purcell, 1902; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 11 | accepted |
Reference
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Purcell, W. F. (1902a). On the South African Theraphosidae or "Baviaan" spiders, in the collection of the South African Museum. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 11: 319-347. 
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