''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 m ...
that was first described by
Anton Ausserer
Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographia aranearum, Les ...
in 1871.
They are found in Africa including the countries of
Turkey
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,
Syria
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,
Egypt
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,
Cyprus
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,
Greece
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,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
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 ...
genera, except from ''
Nesiergus
''Nesiergus'' is a genus of Seychelloise tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903. it contains three species, found on the Seychelles: '' N. gardineri'', '' N. halophilus'', and '' N. insulanus''.
See also
* List of T ...
'', 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
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.
Species
it contains seven species, found in Africa,
Balkans
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, on
Cyprus
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, and in
Syria
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:
*''
Chaetopelma altugkadirorum''
Gallon, Gabriel & Tansley, 2012 –
Turkey
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,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
*''
Chaetopelma concolor''
( Simon, 1873) – Turkey, Syria,
Egypt
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*''
Chaetopelma karlamani''
Vollmer, 1997 –
Cyprus
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*''
Chaetopelma lymberakisi
''Chaetopelma'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found in Africa including the countries of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Sudan and Cameroon.
Diagnosis
They can be dis ...
''
Chatzaki & Komnenov, 2019 –
Greece
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(
Crete
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)
*''
Chaetopelma olivaceum''
(C. L. Koch, 1841) (
type
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) – Cyprus, Turkey,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
, Egypt, Middle East
*''
Chaetopelma turkesi
''Chaetopelma'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found in Africa including the countries of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Sudan and Cameroon.
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished from ...
''
Topçu & Demircan, 2014 – Turkey
*''
Chaetopelma webborum
''Chaetopelma'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found in Africa including the countries of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Sudan and Cameroon.
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished from ...
''
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
''Ischnocolus jickelii'' is a small, old-world tarantula. It is found in Aden, Djibouti, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Somalia. It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Ludwig Koch in 1875. In 1890, French Arachnology, arachn ...
''
* ''Chaetopelma gardineri''
Hirst, 1911 → ''
Nesiergus gardineri
''Nesiergus'' is a genus of Seychelloise tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903. it contains three species, found on the Seychelles: '' N. gardineri'', '' N. halophilus'', and '' N. insulanus''.
See also
* List of Th ...
''
* ''Chaetopelma longipes''
L. Koch, 1875 → ''
Holothele longipes
''Holothele'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879. Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1980.
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by the ...
''
* ''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'' ...
References
Theraphosidae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
Theraphosidae
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