Kochiana is a monotypic genus of Brazilian tarantulas containing the single species, Kochiana brunnipes or the dwarf pink leg.[citation needed] It was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841 under the name "Mygale brunnipes",[2] and was transferred to its own genus in 2008.[3] As of April 2020[update], it has only been found in Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008[1] |
| Species: | K. brunnipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Kochiana brunnipes (C. L. Koch, 1841)
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Description edit
They have black cephalothoraxes and abdomens with golden urticating hairs. The coxae, trochanters and femurs are also black, but the patellae, tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi are reddish light brown.[3]
K. brunnipes males differ from others in the Theraphosinae subfamily by having a long and downwards pointing embolus with prolateral accessory keels, and by the ability of the first metatarsus to fold between the two branches of the tibial spur.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ Koch, C. L. (1841). Die Arachniden. p. 35.
- ^ a b c Fukushima, C. S.; Nagahama, R. H.; Bertani, R. (2008). "The identity of Mygale brunnipes C.L. Koch 1842 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with a redescription of the species and the description of a new genus". Journal of Arachnology. 36 (2): 402–410. doi:10.1636/CA07-108.1. S2CID 54692025.
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