Harpactira

Harpactira is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.

Species

As of March 2020 it contains sixteen species, found in Namibia and South Africa:

• Harpactira atra (Latreille, 1832) (type) – South Africa

• Harpactira baviana Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
• Harpactira cafreriana (Walckenaer, 1837) – South Africa
• Harpactira chrysogaster Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
• Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898 – South Africa

• Harpactira curvipes Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
• Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902 – South Africa

• Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
• Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
• Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
• Harpactira lyrata (Simon, 1892) – South Africa
• Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902 – South Africa

• Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902 – Namibia, South Africa
• Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
• Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875 – South Africa

• Harpactira guttata Strand, 1907

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References