Theraphosa

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
	T. apophysis (Tinter, 1991) – Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil ; T. blondi (Latreille, 1804) – Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana ; T. stirmi Rudloff & Weinmann, 2010 – Guyana, Brazil;
Synonyms[1]
	Pseudotheraphosa Tinter, 1991[2];

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.

References

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.
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.
Thorell, T. (1870). "On European spiders". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 109–242.

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