Biology:Stromatopelma

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Stromatopelma
Tarantula (Stromatopelma sp. ?)(Theraphosidae) (7839040006).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Stromatopelma
Karsch, 1881[1]
Type species
S. calceatum
(Fabricius, 1793)
Species

5, see text

Synonyms
  • Hyarachne Thorell, 1899
  • Scodra Becker, 1879

Stromatopelma is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1881.[2] They are renowned for their potent venom that uses stromatoxin peptides to induce medically significant effects.[3]

Species

(As of May 2020) it contains five species and one subspecies, found in Africa:[1]

In synonymy:

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3431. Retrieved 2020-06-08. 
  2. Karsch, F. (1881). "Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Südafrika". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25 (2): 217–218. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18810250208. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/19765. 
  3. Escoubas, Pierre; Diochot, Sylvie; Célérier, Marie-Louise; Nakajima, Terumi; Lazdunski, Michel (2002). "Novel tarantula toxins for subtypes of voltage-dependent potassium channels in the Kv2 and Kv4 subfamilies". Molecular Pharmacology 62 (1): 48–57. doi:10.1124/mol.62.1.48. PMID 12065754. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2698622 entry