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Iridopelma
Sign in to saveIridopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.
Species
Amazon Ribbed Tarantula
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheraphosidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Theraphosidae
- Image
- Typhochlaena seladonia (C. L. Koch, 1841).jpg
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- Iridopelma
- taxon name
- Iridopelma
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Iridopelma
- endemic to
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Diagnosis
- Species
- In synonymy
- [[Nomina dubia]]
- Transferred to other genera
- References
Iridopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.
==Diagnosis== Males of this genus can be distinguished by the tibial spurs on leg 1 and 2, while females differ from most other genera by the anterior eye row, which is strongly curved forward. Avicularia and Typhochlaena both own the latter characteristics; however, Iridopelma can be distinguished from Avicularia by the spermatheca, which lacks a curvature, and from Typhochlaena by the spinnerets, which are finger-shaped.
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