Coremiocnemis is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They are named after the greek words korema, which means broom or brush, and kemis, meaning shin guard. Being a reference to the hirsute characteristics of the posterior legs.
Diagnosis They can be distinguished from other genera by having long, hair brushes along the retrolateral metatarsus and tarsus in leg 4. Females also have a spermathecae with two lobes, and males have pegs in the chelicerae.
Species it contains six species, with three other transferred to Psednocnemis, they are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Queensland: Coremiocnemis cunicularia (Simon, 1892) (type) – Malaysia Coremiocnemis hoggi West & Nunn, 2010 – Malaysia Coremiocnemis kotacana West & Nunn, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumatra) Coremiocnemis obscura West & Nunn, 2010 – Malaysia Coremiocnemis tropix Raven, 2005 – Australia (Queensland) Coremiocnemis valida Pocock, 1895 – Borneo
Transferred to other genera
Coremiocnemis brachyramosa West & Nunn, 2010 → Psednocnemis brachyramosa Coremiocnemis gnathospina West & Nunn, 2010 → Psednocnemis gnathospina Coremiocnemis jeremyhuffi West & Nunn, 2010 → Psednocnemis jeremyhuffi
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