Stromatopelminae
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| Stromatopelminae | |
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| Heteroscodra maculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Stromatopelminae Schmidt, 1993 |
| Genera | |
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The Stromatopelminae are a subfamily of tarantulas native to West Africa and part of Central Africa. The subfamily was first proposed by Günter Schmidt in 1993.[1]
Genera
The subfamily Stromatopelminae was first proposed by Günter Schmidt in 1993.[1] The genera he included had been placed in the subfamily Eumenophorinae by Raven in 1985.[2] Schmidt excluded them as they did not have the typical stridulating organ on the coxa and trochanter of the palps and legs which are present in Eumenophorinae.[1] The subfamily was recovered as monophyletic in both a 2018 and a 2019 study, sister to the subfamily Harpactirinae.[3][4]
Schmidt included two genera,[1] both found in tropical West and Central Africa.[5][6] Both genera were included in the 2019 study that found the subfamily to be monophyletic.[4]
- Heteroscodra Pocock, 1899
- Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881
Gallon in 2005 also placed the monotypic genus Encyocratella in the subfamily.[7] The genus was not found to be part of the subfamily in a 2018 Master's dissertation, which treated it as incertae sedis as regards subfamily.[8] It was not included in the 2018 and 2019 studies which found the subfamily to be monophyletic.[3][4]
