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Bacillochilus

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Bacillochilus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Bacillochilus
Gallon, 2010[1]
Species:
B. xenostridulans
Binomial name
Bacillochilus xenostridulans
Gallon, 2010

Bacillochilus is a monotypic genus of African tarantulas containing the single species, Bacillochilus xenostridulans. The genus and sole species were both described by R. C. Gallon in 2010,[2] and is found in Angola.[1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "xénos" (ξενος), meaning "foreign" or "strange", and the Latin "stridulere", meaning "to creak". It is a reference to the unusual form of the stridulatory organ that distinguishes it from other members of the subfamily Harpactirinae.[2]

Its unique stridulating organ consists of a long scopula surrounded by plumose setae on the retrolateral side of the chelicerae. It can be further distinguished by the a transverse fovea, multiple lobes on the maxillae and labium, a long distal segment of spinnerets, and the lack of a prolateral cheliceral scopula.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Bacillochilus Gallon, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. ^ a b c Gallon, R. C. (2010). "A new genus and species of Harpactirinae from coastal Angola (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 15: 79–82.