Chaetopelma

Chaetopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[3]

Chaetopelma
Chaetopelma olivaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Chaetopelma
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
C. olivaceum
(C. L. Koch, 1841)
Species

7, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of December 2019 it contains seven species, found in Africa, Balkans, on Cyprus, and in Syria:[1]

In synonymy:

  • C. aegyptiacum Ausserer, 1871 = Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
  • C. anatolicum Schmidt & Smith, 1995 = Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
  • C. gracile (Ausserer, 1871) = Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
  • C. jerusalemensis (Smith, 1990) = Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
  • C. shabati Hassan, 1950 = Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
  • C. syriacum (Ausserer, 1871) = Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
  • C. tetramerum (Simon, 1873) = Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. Guadanucci, J. P. L.; Gallon, R. C. (2008). "A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae)". Zootaxa. 1753: 35.
  3. Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.


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