Ornithoctonus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892 [1] |
Type species | |
O. andersoni Pocock, 1892
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Species | |
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Ornithoctonus is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1892. [2] As of May 2020 [update] it contains three species, found in Thailand and Myanmar: O. andersoni, O. aureotibialis, and O. costalis. [1]