Harpactira

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

{{Automatic taxobox

| name =

| image = Harpactira marksi.JPG

| image = Harpactira marksi.JPG

| image_caption = ”Harpactira marksi”

| image_caption = ” marksi”

Common Yellow-banded Baboon Spider (Harpactira tigrina) (33010615165).jpg

| image2_caption = ”H. tigrina”

| taxon = Harpactira

| taxon = Harpactira

| authority = [[Anton Ausserer|Ausserer]], 1871<ref name=NMBE />

| authority = [[Anton Ausserer|Ausserer]], 1871<ref name= />

| type_species=””[[Harpactira atra|H. atra]]”

| type_species=””[[Harpactira atra|H. atra]]”

| type_species_authority = ([[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1832)

| type_species_authority = ([[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1832)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 16, [[#Species|see text]]

| subdivision = , [[#Species|see text]]

}}

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””’Harpactira””’ is a [[genus]] of African [[Theraphosidae|tarantulas]] that was first described by [[Anton Ausserer]] in 1871.<ref name=Auss1871>{{cite journal| last=Ausserer| first=A.| year=1871| title=Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)| journal=Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien| pages=117–224| volume=21| author-link=Anton Ausserer}}</ref>

””’Harpactira””’ is a [[genus]] of African [[Theraphosidae|tarantulas]] that was first described by [[Anton Ausserer]] in 1871.<ref name=Auss1871 />

==Species==

==Species==

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{{as of|2020|03}} it contains sixteen species, found in [[Namibia]] and [[South Africa]]:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Harpactira Ausserer, 1871| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-04-17| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3364| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>

Harpactira_atra.png|”H. atra”

*”[[Harpactira atra]]” <small>(Latreille, 1832)</small> ([[Type_species|type]]) – [[South Africa]]

Harpactira curator.jpg|”H. curator”

[[File:Harpactira_atra.png|thumb|”H. atra”]]

Harpactira dictator Prague zoo.jpg|”H. dictator”

*”[[Harpactira baviana]]” <small>[[William Frederick Purcell|Purcell]], 1903</small> – South Africa

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*”[[Harpactira cafreriana]]” <small>([[Charles Athanase Walckenaer|Walckenaer]], 1837)</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira chrysogaster]]” <small>[[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock]], 1897</small> – South Africa

{{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes fifteen species:<ref name=”wsc” />

*”[[Harpactira curator]]” <small>Pocock, 1898</small> – South Africa

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[[File:Harpactira curator.jpg|thumb|”H. curator”]]

*”[[Harpactira curvipes]]” <small>Pocock, 1897</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira dictator]]” <small>Purcell, 1902</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>Purcell, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira cafreriana]]” <small>([[Charles Walckenaer|Walckenaer]], 1837)</small> – South Africa

[[File:Harpactira dictator Prague zoo.jpg|thumb|”H. dictator”]]

*”[[Harpactira gigas]]” <small>Pocock, 1898</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>Pocock, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira hamiltoni]]” <small>Pocock, 1902</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>Pocock, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira lineata]]” <small>Pocock, 1897</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>Pocock, 1897</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira lyrata]]” <small>([[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1892)</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira marksi]]” <small>Purcell, 1902</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

[[File:Harpactira marksi.JPG|thumb|””’H. marksi””’]]

*”[[Harpactira namaquensis]]” <small>Purcell, 1902</small> – [[Namibia]], South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira pulchripes]]” <small>Pocock, 1901</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira tigrina]]” <small>Ausserer, 1875</small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>, </small> – South Africa

[[File:Common Yellow-banded Baboon Spider (Harpactira tigrina) (33010615165).jpg|thumb|”H. tigrina”]]

*”[[Harpactira guttata]]” Strand, 1907

*”[[Harpactira ]]” ,

*”[[Harpactira ]]” <small>[[ |]], </small> – South Africa

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Harpactira hamiltoni 301124254 542607295.jpg|female ”H. hamiltoni”

Harpactira namaquensis 306181221 552132115.jpg|female ”H. namaquensis”

Harpactira pulchripes01.jpg|”H. pulchripes”

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==See also==

==See also==

==References==

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Reflist

<ref name=”wsc”>{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3364 | title=Gen. ”Harpactira” Ausserer, 1871 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-18}}</ref>

<ref name=Auss1871>{{cite journal| last=Ausserer| first=A.| year=1871| title=Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)| journal=Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien| pages=117–224| volume=21| author-link=Anton Ausserer}}</ref>

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==External links==

* {{inaturalist taxon}}

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