''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India,

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

, Malaysia,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, Vietnam, Thailand and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they can

stridulate Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mech ...

by using small spines present on the chelicerae.

Diagnosis

They have special

stridulating Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mech ...

organs in their chelicerae, which are made of short spines. Males have a palpal bulb which ends in a long and slender blade like spine, females have one pair of spermathecha. The anterior eyes form almost a straight line. Their legs have a narrower scapulae at the tip of the metatarsus.

Species

it contains thirty-one species, found in Asia: *''

Chilobrachys andersoni ''Chilobrachys andersoni'', commonly known as the Burmese mustard tarantula, or Burmese Brown, is a species of spider of the genus ''Chilobrachys''. It is found in India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. See also * List of Theraphosidae species ...

'' (

Pocock Pocock is a surname, and may refer to: *Andrew Pocock (born 1955), British High Commissioner to Nigeria * Barbara Pocock, one of the candidates of the 2022 Australian federal election * Bill Pocock (1884–1959), English footballer * Blair Pocock ...

, 1895) – India,

, Malaysia *''

Chilobrachys annandalei ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Simon, 1901 – Malaysia *''

Chilobrachys assamensis ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Hirst, 1909 – India *''

Chilobrachys bicolor ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' (Pocock, 1895) –

*''

Chilobrachys brevipes ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' ( Thorell, 1897) –

*''

Chilobrachys dominus ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Lin & Li, 2022 -

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Chilobrachys dyscolus ''Chilobrachys dyscolus'' is a species of spider in the tarantula family (Theraphosidae) native to Vietnam. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886 as ''Phrictus dyscolus''.Simon E (1886) Arachnides recueillis par M. A. Pavie (sous chef d ...

'' (Simon, 1886) – Vietnam *''

Chilobrachys femoralis ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Pocock, 1900 – India *''

Chilobrachys fimbriatus ''Chilobrachys fimbriatus'', commonly known as the Indian Violet Earth Tiger Tarantula usually shortened to Indian Violet Tarantula, is a species of spider of the genus ''Chilobrachys''. It is endemic to India, and was first described by Reginald ...

'' Pocock, 1899 – India *''

Chilobrachys flavopilosus ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' (Simon, 1884) – India,

*''

Chilobrachys fumosus ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch, Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually ...

'' (Pocock, 1895) – India *''

Chilobrachys guangxiensis ''Chilobrachys guangxiensis'' (known as the "Chinese fawn tarantula") is a species of tarantula native to China, in Hainan. Despite the name, the spider probably does not occur in Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alterna ...

'' (Yin & Tan, 2000) –

*'' Chilobrachys hardwickei'' (Pocock, 1895) – India *''

Chilobrachys himalayensis ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' ( Tikader, 1977) – India *''

Chilobrachys huahini ''Chilobrachys huahini'' also known as the Asian fawn, Hauhini bird spider or Hauhini birdeater tarantula is a tarantula which was first described in 1996 by Gunter Schmidt and Siegfried Huber. It is named after Hua Hin, Thailand as it is fou ...

Schmidt Schmidt may refer to: * Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname * Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer * Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater * Schmidt (Martian crater), a List of craters on ...

& Huber, 1996 – Thailand *''

Chilobrachys hubei ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Song & Zhao, 1988 –

*''

Chilobrachys jinchengi ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, an ...

'' Lin & Li, 2022 -

*''

Chilobrachys jonitriantisvansickleae ''Chilobrachys jonitriantisvansickleae'' is a species of tarantula of the genus ''Chilobrachys''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species is named for Joni Triantis Van Sickle, a conservationist involved in protecting the area. It is characteri ...

'' Nanayakkara, Sumanapala & Kirk, 2019 –

*'' Chilobrachys khasiensis'' (Tikader, 1977) – India *''

Chilobrachys liboensis ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, an ...

'' Zhu & Zhang, 2008 –

*''

Chilobrachys lubricus ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021 -

*''

Chilobrachys nitelinus ''Chilobrachys nitelinus'', is a species of spider of the genus ''Chilobrachys''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. See also * List of Theraphosidae species This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theraphosidae. , the ...

'' Karsch, 1892 (

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Chilobrachys oculatus ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' (Thorell, 1895) –

*''

Chilobrachys paviei ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch, Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually ...

'' (Simon, 1886) – Thailand *''

Chilobrachys pococki ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, an ...

'' (Thorell, 1897) –

*''

Chilobrachys sericeus ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' (Thorell, 1895) –

*''

Chilobrachys soricinus ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, an ...

'' (Thorell, 1887) –

*'' Chilobrachys stridulans'' (Wood Mason, 1877) – India *'' Chilobrachys subarmatus'' (Thorell, 1891) – India ( Nicobar Isands) *''

Chilobrachys thorelli ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Pocock, 1900 – India *''

Chilobrachys tschankhoensis ''Chilobrachys'' is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. They are found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. They are usually medium or large-sized, and they ...

'' Schenkel, 1963 –

( Nomen dubnium) In synonymy: *''Chilobrachys'' ''decoratus'' (Tikader, 1977) = ''

'' Pocock, 1899 *''Chilobrachys'' ''jingzhao'' Zhu, Song & Li, 2001 = ''

'' Yin & Tan, 2000 One species has been changed to ''

Selenocosmia ''Selenocosmia'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. The genus is found in China, New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Pakistan. They are ...

'': * ''Chilobrachys samarae'' Giltay, 1935 → ''

Selenocosmia samarae ''Selenocosmia'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. The genus is found in China, New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Pakistan. Th ...

References

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