Chaetopelma

Chaetopelma
Chaetopelma gracile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
C. olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Species
8, see text
Synonyms[1]
Cratorrhagus Simon, 1891[2]

Chaetopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[3] They are found in Africa, Europe, and Asia including the countries of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Sudan, Cameroon, and Iran.[1]

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.[4]

Species

As of November 2024^[update] it contains eight species, found in Africa, the Balkans, Cyprus, and the Levant:[1]

• Chaetopelma altugkadirorum Gallon, Gabriel & Tansley, 2012 – Turkey, Syria
• Chaetopelma concolor (Simon, 1873) – Turkey, Syria, Egypt
• Chaetopelma karlamani Vollmer, 1997 – Cyprus
• Chaetopelma lymberakisi Chatzaki & Komnenov, 2019 – Greece (Crete)
• Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841) (type) – Cyprus, Turkey, Sudan , Egypt, Middle East
• Chaetopelma persianum Zalmani & West, 2023- northern Zagros Mountains, Iran
• Chaetopelma turkesi Topçu & Demircan, 2014 – Turkey
• Chaetopelma webborum Smith, 1990 – Cameroon

In synonymy:

• C. aegyptiacum Ausserer, 1871 = Chaetopelma olivaceum
• C. anatolicum Schmidt & Smith, 1995 = Chaetopelma olivaceum
• C. gracile (Ausserer, 1871) = Chaetopelma olivaceum
• C. jerusalemensis (Smith, 1990) = Chaetopelma olivaceum
• C. shabati Hassan, 1950 = Chaetopelma olivaceum
• C. syriacum (Ausserer, 1871) = Chaetopelma olivaceum
• C. tetramerum (Simon, 1873) = Chaetopelma olivaceum

Transferred to other genera

• Chaetopelma adenense Simon, 1890 → Ischnocolus jickelii
• Chaetopelma gardineri Hirst, 1911 → Nesiergus gardineri
• Chaetopelma longipes L. Koch, 1875 → Holothele longipes
• Chaetopelma olivaceum (Strand, 1907) → Encyocratella olivacea
• Chaetopelma strandi Schmidt, 1991 → Encyocratella olivacea

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
2. Guadanucci, J. P. L.; Gallon, R. C. (2008). "A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae)". Zootaxa. 1753: 35. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1753.1.2.
3. Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
4. Paulo, José; C. Gallon, Richard (2008). "A Revision Of The Spider Genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 And Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved July 19, 2022.