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Paratropididae
Paratropididae, also known as bald-legged spiders, is a small family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ... in 1889. They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders ( araneomorphs). Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: *'' Anisaspis'' Simon, 1892 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *'' Anisaspoides'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil *'' Paratropis'' Simon, 1889 – South America *'' Stormtropis'' Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 References Mygalomorphae families {{Paratropididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisaspis
''Anisaspis'' is a genus of baldlegged spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. it contains only two species, found only in Colombia and on the Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or the West Indies. Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from D ...: '' A. camarita'' and '' A. tuberculata''. See also * List of Paratropididae species References Mygalomorphae genera Paratropididae Spiders of the Caribbean {{Paratropididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisaspoides
''Anisaspoides'' is a monotypic genus of Brazilian bald-legged spiders containing the single species, ''Anisaspoides gigantea''. It was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896, and is only found in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... See also * List of Paratropididae species References Monotypic Mygalomorphae genera Mygalomorphae genera Paratropididae Spiders of Brazil Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge {{Paratropididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paratropis
''Paratropis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Paratropididae. Species , it contains 10 species * '' Paratropis elicioi'' Dupérré, 2015 — Ecuador * '' Paratropis florezi'' Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia * '' Paratropis minuscula'' (Almeida & de Morais, 2022) — Guyana * '' Paratropis otonga'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 — Ecuador * '' Paratropis papilligera'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 — Colombia, Brazil * '' Paratropis pristirana'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 — Ecuador * '' Paratropis sanguinea'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 — Brazil * '' Paratropis scruposa'' Simon, 1889 (type Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * ...) — Peru * '' Paratropis seminermis'' Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela * '' Paratropis tuxtlensis'' Valdez-Mondragón, Mendoza & Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stormtropis
''Stormtropis'' is a genus of Colombian Paratropididae, baldlegged spiders first described by C. Perafán, W. Galvis & Fernando Pérez-Miles in 2019. The genus name is in reference to the fictional Stormtrooper (Star Wars), stormtroopers of the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Species it contains four species: *''Stormtropis colima'' Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia *''Stormtropis muisca'' Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia *''Stormtropis paisa'' Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia *''Stormtropis parvum'' Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia References External links * * Mygalomorphae genera Paratropididae Spiders of South America Endemic fauna of Colombia Arthropods of Colombia {{Paratropididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mygalomorphae
The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3,000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to their creation of trapdoors over their burrows. Other prominent groups include Australian funnel web spiders and tarantulas, with the latter accounting for around one third of all mygalomorphs. Description This group of spiders comprises mostly heavy-bodied, stout-legged spiders including tarantulas, Australian funnel-web spiders, mouse spiders, and various families of spiders commonly called trapdoor spiders. Like the " primitive" suborder of spiders Mesothelae, they have two pairs of book lungs, and downward-pointing chelicerae. Because of this, the two groups were once believed to be closely related. Later it was realised that the common ancestors of all spiders had these features (a state known as symplesiomorphy). Following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya civilization, Maya, before Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholic Church, Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species. Work on spiders His most significant work was ''Histoire Naturelle des Araignées'' (1892–1903), an encyclopedic treatment of the spider genera of the world. It was published in two volumes of more than 1000 pages each, and the same number of drawings by Simon. Working at the National Museum of Natural History (France), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it took Simon 11 years to complete, while working at the same time on devising a taxonomic scheme that embraced the known taxa. Simon described a total of 4,650 species, and as of 2013 about 3,790 species are still considered valid. The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement. The Eocene fos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology (biology), morphology, behaviour, or ecological niche. In addition, palaeontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. About 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a binomial nomenclature, two-part name, a "binomen". The first part of a binomen is the name of a genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name (zoology), specific name or the specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all Order (biology), orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 53,034 spider species in 136 Family (biology), families have been recorded by Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. However, there has been debate among scientists about how families should be classified, with over 20 different classifications proposed since 1900. Anatomy, Anatomically, spiders (as with all arachnids) differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segmentation (biology), segments are fused into two Tagma (biology), tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theraphosidae
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although many other members of the same infraorder ( Mygalomorphae) are commonly referred to as "tarantulas" or "false tarantulas". Some of the more common species have become popular in the exotic pet trade. Many New World species kept as pets have setae known as urticating hairs that can cause irritation to the skin, and in extreme cases, cause damage to the eyes. Overview Like all arthropods, the tarantula is an invertebrate that relies on an exoskeleton for muscular support.Pomeroy, R. (2014, February 4). Pub. Real Clear Science, "Spiders, and Their Amazing Hydraulic Legs and Genitalia". Retrieved October 13, 2019, from https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/02/spiders-their-amazing-hydraulic-legs-and-genitals.html. Like other Arachni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araneomorphae
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down. Araneomorphs comprise the vast majority (about 93%) of living spiders. Distinguishing characteristics Most spider species are Araneomorphae, which have chelicerae, fangs that face towards each other, increasing the orientations that they can employ during prey-capture. They have fewer book lungs (when present) – usually one pair – and the females typically live one year. The Mygalomorphae have chelicerae, fangs that face towards the ground, and which are parallel to the long axis of the spider's body, thus they have only one orientation they can employ during prey capture. They have two pairs of book lungs, and the females often live many years. Image:Cheiracanthium pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
