Stromatopelminae
Sign in to saveThe Stromatopelminae are a subfamily of tarantulas native to West Africa and part of Central Africa. The subfamily was first proposed by Günter Schmidt in 1993.
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The Stromatopelminae are a subfamily of tarantulas native to West Africa and part of Central Africa. The subfamily was first proposed by Günter Schmidt in 1993.
==Taxonomy== The subfamily Stromatopelminae was first proposed by Günter Schmidt in 1993. The genera he included had been placed in the subfamily Eumenophorinae by Raven in 1985. Schmidt excluded them as they did not have the typical stridulating organ on the coxa and trochanter of the palps and legs which are present in Eumenophorinae. The subfamily was recovered as monophyletic in both a 2018 and a 2019 study, sister to the subfamily Harpactirinae.
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