This species is 64% complete

Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902

South Africa ♂♀

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Harpactira dictator

Harpactira dictator

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Harpactira dictator

Described By: Purcell, 1902
Researcher Profile: William Frederick Purcell
Genus: Harpactira
Original Type Locality: Bonnie Vale Farm, in the Swellendam div, Western Cape

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Harpactira dictator

Holotype : (8838), South Africa

♂ (?), South Africa

♂ (?), South Africa

♀ (?), South Africa

♀ (?), South Africa

♀ (?), South Africa

♂ (?), South Africa

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On the South African Theraphosidae or "Baviaan" spiders, in the collection of the South African Museum.

William Frederick Purcell ,1902

Trans. S. Afric. Mus. 11: 319-347 [p. 338].
- Ceratogyrus pillansi, Harpactira dictator, Harpactira marksi, Harpactira namaquensis, Harpactirella karrooica, Harpactirella lightfooti, Harpactirella longipes, Harpactirella treleaveni

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