''Chaetopelma'' is a
genus
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of
tarantulas
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...
that was first described by
Anton Ausserer in 1871.
They are found in Africa including the countries of
Turkey
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,
Syria,
Egypt
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,
Cyprus
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,
Greece
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,
Sudan and
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
.
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished from the other
tarantula
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although m ...
genera, except from ''
Nesiergus'', because the presence of
clavate
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A–C
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trichobothria
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in two rows on the tarsi. Males have a tibial
apophysis consisting of two branches, females having a long and slender
spermatheca
The spermatheca (pronounced plural: spermathecae ), also called receptaculum seminis (plural: receptacula seminis), is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, e.g. ants, bees, some molluscs, oligochaeta worms and certain other in ...
.
Species
it contains seven species, found in Africa,
Balkans
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, on
Cyprus
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, and in
Syria:
*''
Chaetopelma altugkadirorum''
Gallon, Gabriel & Tansley, 2012 –
Turkey
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,
Syria
*''
Chaetopelma concolor''
(Simon
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, 1873) – Turkey, Syria,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
*''
Chaetopelma karlamani''
Vollmer, 1997 –
Cyprus
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*''
Chaetopelma lymberakisi''
Chatzaki & Komnenov, 2019 –
Greece
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(
Crete
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)
*''
Chaetopelma olivaceum''
(C. L. Koch, 1841) (
type) – Cyprus, Turkey,
Sudan, Egypt, Middle East
*''
Chaetopelma turkesi''
Topçu & Demircan, 2014 – Turkey
*''
Chaetopelma webborum''
Smith, 1990 –
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
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
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theraphosidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1041 species in 156 genera:
A ''Acanthopelma''
''Acanthopelma'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
* ''Acanthopelma beccarii'' Ca ...
References
Theraphosidae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
Theraphosidae
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