Lampropelma
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Lampropelma
| image = Borneo "Black" Tarantula (Lampropelma sp.) bleeding male (female is black) (15590296961).jpg
| image_caption = Lampropelma carpenteri
| authority = Simon, 1892{{cite journal| title=Gen. Lampropelma Simon, 1892| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-04-22| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3378| doi=10.24436/2}}
| type_species = L. nigerrimum
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1892
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 2, see text
}}
Lampropelma is a genus of Indonesian tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1892| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| publisher=Roret | publication-place=Paris| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51973| author-link=Eugène Simon}} {{as of|2020|03}} it contains two species, found in Indonesia.
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished from Phormingochilus and Omothymus though to the apical swelling of the embolus, which then narrows to a point in the apex. Furthermore their distribution can be used as an identifying factor, as they are only found in Indonesia.{{Cite web |last1=Gabriel |first1=Ray |last2=Sherwood |first2=Danniella |date=2019 |title=The revised taxonomic placement of some arboreal Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895 with description of a new species of Omothymus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334999892 |access-date=July 21, 2022 |website=ResearchGate}}
Species
{{As of|2022|07}}, this genus owns two species, both being found in Indonesia.{{Cite web |title=NMBE - World Spider Catalog |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3378 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=wsc.nmbe.ch}}
- Lampropelma carpenteri (Smith & Jacobi, 2015) - Borneo, Indonesia
- Lampropelma nigerrimum Simon, 1892 - Indonesia
= In synonymy =
- Lampropelma kirki (Smith & Jacobi, 2015) = Lampropelma carpenteri
= Transferred to other genera =
- Lampropelma nigerrimum arboricola Schmidt & Barensteiner, 2015 → Phormingochilus arboricola
- Lampropelma violaceopes Abraham, 1924 → Omothymus violaceopes
See also
References
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