Stichoplastoris is a genus of Central American tarantulas that was first described by J.-P. Rudloff in 1997.[2]
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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: | Stichoplastoris Rudloff, 1997[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. obelix (Valerio, 1980)
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| Species | |
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Species edit
As of May 2020[update] it contains eight species, found in Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, and El Salvador:[1]
- Stichoplastoris angustatus (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
- Stichoplastoris asterix (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
- Stichoplastoris denticulatus (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
- Stichoplastoris elusinus (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
- Stichoplastoris longistylus (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
- Stichoplastoris obelix (Valerio, 1980) (type) – Belize, Costa Rica
- Stichoplastoris schusterae (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
- Stichoplastoris stylipus (Valerio, 1982) – Costa Rica, Panama
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Stichoplastoris Rudloff, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Rudloff, J.-P. (1997). "Revision der Gattung Holothele Karsch, 1879 nebst Aufstellung einer neuen Gattung Stichoplastoris gen. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae) und Wiedereinsetzung einiger weiterer Gattungen der Mygalomorphae". Arachnologisches Magazin. 5 (2): 1–19.
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