Birupes

Birupes
Juvenile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Birupes
Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019
Species:
B. simoroxigorum
Binomial name
Birupes simoroxigorum
Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019

Birupes is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian tarantulas containing the single species, Birupes simoroxigorum. It was first described by R. Gabriel and D. Sherwood in 2019, and it has only been found in Malaysian Borneo.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Birupes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ↑ Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D. (2019). "A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Sarawak, Borneo (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Journal of the British Tarantula Society. 34 (1): 19–34.