''Chaetopelma'' is a

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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

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, Syria,

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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

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genera, except from '' Nesiergus'', because the presence of

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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,

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, on

, and in Syria: *'' Chaetopelma altugkadirorum'' Gallon, Gabriel & Tansley, 2012 –

, Syria *'' Chaetopelma concolor'' (

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, 1873) – Turkey, Syria,

*'' Chaetopelma karlamani'' Vollmer, 1997 –

*'' Chaetopelma lymberakisi'' Chatzaki & Komnenov, 2019 –

(

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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 –

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''

References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Anton Ausserer Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub

Diagnosis

Species

Transferred to other genera

See also

References