Haploclastus
Genus of spiders
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Haploclastus is a genus of Indian tarantulas (family Theraphosidae) that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[2] The genus Phlogiodes has been synonymized with Haploclastus by some authors.[3][4]
| Haploclastus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Haploclastus Simon, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. cervinus Simon, 1892 | |
| Species | |
|
7, see text | |
Description
Taxonomy
The genus Haploclastus was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[2] In 1899, Reginald Pocock erected the genus Phlogiodes. He described two species, Phlogiodes validus from a male specimen and Phlogiodes robustus from a female specimen.[6] The relationship between the genera Haploclastus and Phlogiodes has varied; in 1985, Raven sank Phlogiodes into Haploclastus.[3] In 2010, the two Phlogiodes species were synonymized and transferred to Haploclastus as Haploclastus validus.[4] In 2013, H. validus was restored to Phlogiodes, the placement accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2025[update].[1]
Species
As of January 2025[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted seven species, all found in India:[1]
- Haploclastus ajithii Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus bratocolonus Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus cervinus Simon, 1892 (type) – India
- Haploclastus montanus Mirza, 2024 – India
- Haploclastus nilgirinus Pocock, 1899 – India
- Haploclastus satyanus (Barman, 1978) – India
- Haploclastus tenebrosus Gravely, 1935 – India
Transferred to other genera
- Haploclastus himalayensis (Tikader, 1977) → Chilobrachys himalayensis
- Haploclastus devamatha (Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014) → Cilantica devamatha
- Haploclastus kayi (Gravely, 1915) → Cilantica kayi
- Haploclastus validus (Pocock, 1899), syn. H. robustus (Pocock, 1899) → Phlogiodes validus
