''Nesipelma'' is a

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containing the two species, ''

Nesipelma insulare ''Nesipelma'' is a genus of tarantulas containing the two species, '' Nesipelma insulare'' and '' Nesipelma medium'' . It was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt & F. Kovařík in 1996, and is found in Nevis and on the Lesser Antilles. Se ...

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Nesipelma medium ''Nesipelma'' is a genus of tarantulas containing the two species, ''Nesipelma insulare'' and '' Nesipelma medium'' . It was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt & F. Kovařík in 1996, and is found in Nevis and on the Lesser Antilles. See ...

'' . It was first described by

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& F. Kovařík in 1996, and is found in Nevis and on the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

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Spiders of the Caribbean Theraphosidae Taxa described in 1996 {{Theraphosidae-stub

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