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Heteroscodra

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Heteroscodra is a genus of Central African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900.^[2] Like many Old World tarantulas, they have a strong venom, and can inflict a painful bite.^[3] As of March 2020 it contains two species, found in Africa: H. crassipes and H. maculata.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Heteroscodra Pocock, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
^ Pocock, R. I. (1900). "On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 67: 833–885.
^ Hirst, A. S. (1907). "Descriptions of new species of African spiders and Solifugae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7. 20 (115): 33–39. doi:10.1080/00222930709487293.

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Heteroscodra is a genus of Central African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900. Like many Old World tarantulas, they have a strong venom, and can inflict a painful bite. As of March 2020 it contains two species, found in Africa: H. crassipes and H. maculata.