Thrixopelma

Thrixopelma
A juvenile female Thrixopelma ockerti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Thrixopelma
Schmidt, 1994[1]
Type species
T. ockerti
Schmidt, 1994
Species

8, see text

Thrixopelma is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 1994.[2] They are medium to large tarantulas, usually being 35mm to 60mm in body length.[3]

Diagnosis

Males can be distinguished by the presence of two crests in the palpal bulb. Females can be distinguished by the spermathecae, which is made up of two separate hypersclerotized receptacles. This genus also own type 3 urticating hairs, or both type 3 and 4.[3]

Species

As of August 2022 it contains 8 species, found in South America:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ Schmidt, G. (1994). "Eine neue Vogelspinnenart aus Peru, Thrixopelma ockerti gen. et sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Arachnologisches Magazin. 2 (2): 3–8.
  3. ^ a b Sherwood, Danniella; Gabriel, Ray; Kaderka, Radan; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Brescovit, Antonio D. (2021). "Stabilizing a chaotic taxonomy: redescription and redefinition of the genera Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997 and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 18 (8). doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.893. Retrieved August 7, 2022.


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