Theraphosa

Theraphosa is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870.[3] As of May 2020 it contains three species, found in Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia: T. apophysis, T. blondi, and T. stirmi.[1] They stridulate by rubbing setae on their pedipalps and legs.

Theraphosa
Female Theraphosa blondi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Theraphosa
Thorell, 1870[1]
Type species
T. blondi
(Latreille, 1804)
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudotheraphosa Tinter, 1991[2]

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Theraphosa Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. Bertani, R. (2001). "Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other theraphosine genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia. 36: 316.
  3. Thorell, T. (1870). "On European spiders". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 109–242.
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