- Instead,
huntsman spiders belong to the
infraorder Araneomorphae. Many
theraphosid genera have names,
either accepted or synonymous,
containing the element...
-
Goliath tarantula or
Goliath bird-eating spider; the
practice of
calling theraphosids "bird-eating"
derives from an
early 18th-century
copper engraving by...
- The
genus Selenotypus includes one of the
largest of Australia's
theraphosids. At present, the only
recognised species within this
genus is Selenotypus...
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hissing noise when provoked, a
trait it
shares with
other Australian theraphosids. This
hissing is
produced by the
spider stridulating a
patch of setae...
- Cooke, J.A.L.; Roth, V.D.; Miller, F.H. (1972). "The
urticating hairs of
theraphosid spiders".
American Museum Novitates (2498). hdl:2246/2705. Blackledge...
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species is well
known for
belonging to one of two
described genera of
theraphosids that
build a trapdoor, the
other being Typhochlaena. Its
species epithet...
- G.; Pérez-Miles,
Fernando (2002). "Reproductive
Biology of
Uruguayan Theraphosids (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". The
Journal of Arachnology. 30 (3): 571–587...
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Nhandu tripepii is a
spider species, and is a
theraphosine theraphosid. It is
native to Brazil.
Nhandu tripepii was
originally described as Eurypelma...
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eumenophorine theraphosid (with the
exception being Monocentropus,
which only has
plumose setae). As a near
constant rule,
large terrestrial theraphosids have...
-
family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). They can be
distinguished from
other theraphosids by a
number of characters.
Their legs have no or few
spines on the underside...
