Biology:Typhochlaena

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Typhochlaena
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Typhochlaena seladonia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Typhochlaena
C.L. Koch, 1850[1]

Typhochlaena is a genus of small-bodied tarantulas with an arboreal trapdoor lifestyle.[2] All the species except for T. seladonia were first described by Rogério Bertani in 2012.[1]

Characteristics

Typhochlaena differs from all other aviculariine species by having a domed, short distal segment on the posterior lateral spinneret; the sternum is as long as wide, truncated behind; they are also quite small, with type II urticating hairs.[3]

Species

(As of January 2016), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Typhochlaena C.L. Koch, 1850", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3438, retrieved 2016-01-13 
  2. Andre, C.; Hüsser, M. (2018), "About trapdoors and bridges – New insights in the little-known ecology and lifestyle of the genus Typhochlaena C.L. Koch, 1850", British Tarantula Society Journal 32 (3): 3–29 
  3. Bertani, R. (2012). Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys 230: 1-94. Retrieved February 2, 2016

Wikidata ☰ Q3546212 entry