Thrixopelma is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 1994.[2] They are medium to large tarantulas, usually being 35mm to 60mm in body length.[3]
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| A juvenile female Thrixopelma ockerti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994[1] |
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| T. ockerti Schmidt, 1994
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Diagnosis edit
Males can be distinguished by the presence of two crests in the palpal bulb. Females can be distinguished by the spermathecae, which is made up of two separate hypersclerotized receptacles. This genus also own type 3 urticating hairs, or both type 3 and 4.[3]
Species edit
As of August 2022[update] it contains 8 species, found in South America:[1]
- Thrixopelma aymara (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
- Thrixopelma cyaneolum Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005 – Peru
- Thrixopelma lagunas Schmidt & Rudloff, 2010 – Peru
- Thrixopelma longicolli (Schmidt, 2003) – Ecuador, Peru
- Thrixopelma nadineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022 - Ecuador
- Thrixopelma ockerti Schmidt, 1994 (type) – Peru
- Thrixopelma peruvianum (Schmidt, 2007) – Peru
- Thrixopelma pruriens Schmidt, 1998 – Chile
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Schmidt, G. (1994). "Eine neue Vogelspinnenart aus Peru, Thrixopelma ockerti gen. et sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Arachnologisches Magazin. 2 (2): 3–8.
- ^ a b Sherwood, Danniella; Gabriel, Ray; Kaderka, Radan; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Brescovit, Antonio D. (2021). "Stabilizing a chaotic taxonomy: redescription and redefinition of the genera Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997 and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 18 (8). doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.893. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
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