Tarantula urticating setae are modified setae located on the abdomen or pedipalps, which
represent an effective defensive mechanism against vertebrate or invertebrate predators …

Tarantula spider systematics has long been considered problematic. Species diagnosis and
phylogenetic hypotheses have historically relied on morphological features, which are …

Abstract The genera Lasiodorides and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 are preliminarily revised,
and their taxonomy stabilized. Both sexes of Lasiodorides polycuspulatus, and the male of …

Systematics has been formally implemented for about 250 years. In the last decades it has
suffered great intellectual change, with the embrace of phylogenetic theory and the …

Theraphosinae is the most diverse subfamily of tarantulas in the world, with more than 500
known species. The group is endemic to the New World and its geographic distribution …

Two new species of tarantulas from Mexico are described and illustrated: Bonnetina
tenuiverpis and Bonnetina juxtantricola, from the states of Mexico and Guerrero …

Tarantula urticating setae are modified setae located on the abdomen or pedipalps, which
represent an effective defensive mechanism against vertebrate and invertebrate predators …

Since its original description, the theraphosid spider genus Crassicrus has not been revised
and no new species have been described. While reviewing material deposited in the …

The Aviculariinae spiders sensu lato are known as the American arboreal tarantulas. They
are characterized mainly by having legs with few or no spines, laterally extended tarsal and …

The genus Theraphosa was established by Thorell (1870) as the type genus of the
simultaneously published family Theraphosidae, the most diverse group of mygalomorph …