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Stromatopelma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Mygalomorphae

Scientific name
  
Stromatopelma

Higher classification
  
Stromatopelminae

Order
  
Spider

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Family
  
Theraphosidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
genus

Stromatopelma Stromatopelma calceatum Fabricius 1793 female Lamto Ivory Coast

Similar
  
Feather leg baboon t, Tarantula, Heteroscodra, Pterinochilus, Tapinauchenius

Jumping biting featherleg baboon tarantula stromatopelma calceatum l5 inferion7


Stromatopelma is a genus of arboreal tarantulas (family Theraphosidae) which are native to Central Africa and parts of West Africa. Tarantulas in this genus are renowned for their potent venom. The stromatoxin peptide present in the venom has induced some medically significant effects.

Contents

Stromatopelma Stromatopelma calceatum

Stromatopelma calceatum feather leg baboon handling


Species

As of June 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

Stromatopelma Stromatopelma calceatum

  • Stromatopelma batesi (Pocock, 1902) – Cameroon, Congo
  • Stromatopelma calceatum (Fabricius, 1793) (type species) – West Africa
  • Stromatopelma fumigatum (Pocock, 1899) – Río Muni
  • Stromatopelma pachypoda (Strand, 1908) – Cameroon
  • Stromatopelma satanas (Berland, 1917) – Gabon, Congo

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    References

    Stromatopelma Wikipedia
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