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Chaetopelma
Sign in to saveChaetopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found in Africa, Europe, and Asia including the countries of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, Greece, Sudan, Cameroon, and Iran.
Species
Middle East Black Tarantula
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheraphosidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Collections
- ZMUC, UMZC, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Palestine, Yemen
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Diagnosis
- Species
- Transferred to other genera
- References
Chaetopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found in Africa, Europe, and Asia including the countries of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, Greece, Sudan, Cameroon, and Iran.
== Diagnosis == They can be distinguished from the other tarantula genera, except from Nesiergus, because the presence of clavate trichobothria in two rows on the tarsi. Males have a tibial apophysis consisting of two branches, females having a long and slender spermatheca.
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