photography by Michael Jacobi, Eric
Reynolds, Steve Nunn and others
The scientific names associated
with photos on this site are based on current identification
in the international tarantula-keeping hobby. Photographed
specimens have not been examined by a taxonomist/systematist,
and although I have strived to be as accurate as possible
using information available to the hobbyist, I make
no claims to the accuracy of these identifications.
In short, these names serve our purposes within the
hobby and are not intended to represent the evolving
science of theraphosid spider taxonomy.
Acanthoscurria
AUSSERER, 1871
A. chacoana BRÈTHES,
1909
A. cordubensis THORELL,
1894
A. geniculata C.L.
KOCH, 1841
A. sternalis POCOCK,
1903
Aphonopelma
POCOCK, 1901
A. burica VALERIO,
1980
A. seemanni (F.O.P.-CAMBRIDGE,
1897)
Avicularia
LAMARCK, 1818
As noted in the introduction at
the top of this page, the identifications used for photos—and
the entire site, for that matter—are based on
hobby names, not taxonomically accurate names made with
comparison to type material. The genus Avicularia
is particularly problematic. With the exception of A.
laeta, A. minatrix, A. purpurea
and A. versicolor, which are very distinct
spiders with early instar stages that are much different
looking than the other hobby Avics and, in most cases,
were described a long time ago with comparison to the
generic type, the other Avic "species" present
in arachnoculture are dubious at best.
A. sp.
'avicularia'
A. sp.
'azuraklaasi'
A. sp.
'braunshauseni'
A. sp.
'huriana'
A. sp.
'metallica'
A. minatrix POCOCK,
1903
A. purpurea KIRK,
1990
A. sp.
'urticans'
A. versicolor (WALCKENAER,
1837)
Brachypelma
SIMON, 1891
B. albopilosum VALERIO,
1980
B. boehmei SCHMIDT
& KLAAS, 1993
B. smithi (F.O.P.-CAMBRIDGE,
1897)
B. vagans (AUSSERER,
1875)
Ceratogyrus
POCOCK, 1897
C. bechuanicus PURCELL,
1902
Chilobrachys KARSCH, 1891
C. fimbriatus POCOCK,
1899
Chromatopelma SCHMIDT, 1995
C. cyaneopubescens
(STRAND, 1907)
Coremiocnemis SIMON, 1892
C. tropix RAVEN, 2005
Cyriopagopus SIMON, 1887
C. sp.
'Singapore blue'
C. schioedtei (THORELL, 1891)
Encyocratella STRAND, 1907
E. olivacea STRAND, 1907
Ephebopus SIMON, 1892
E. cyanognathus WEST & MARSHALL, 2000
E. murinus (WALCKENAER, 1837)
E. uatuman LUCAS, SILVA & BERTANI, 1992
Euathlus AUSSERER, 1875
E. vulpinus (KARSCH, 1880)
Eupalaestrus POCOCK, 1901
E. campestratus (SIMON, 1891)
Grammostola SIMON, 1892
G. aureostriata SCHMIDT & BULLMER, 2001
G. iheringi (KEYSERLING, 1891)
G. pulchra MELLO-LEITÃO, 1921
G. rosea (WALCKENAER, 1837)
Haplopelma SMITH, 1996
H. sp. 'Bach Ma, Vietnam
H. albostriatum (SIMON, 1886)
H. lividum SMITH, 1996
H. minax (THORELL, 1897)
H. schmidti VON WIRTH, 1991
Heteroscodra POCOCK, 1899
H. maculata POCOCK, 1899
Holothele KARSCH, 1879
H. incei (F.O.P.-CAMBRIDGE, 1898)
Iridopelma POCOCK, 1901
I. hirsutum POCOCK, 1901
Megaphobema POCOCK, 1901
M. mesomelas (O. P.-CAMBRIDGE, 1892)
Nhandu LUCAS, 1983
N. carapoensis LUCAS, 1983
N. chromatus SCHMIDT, 2004
N. coloratovillosus (SCHMIDT, 1998)
N. vulpinus (SCHMIDT, 1998)
Ornithoctonus POCOCK, 1892
O. costalis (SCHMIDT, 1998)
Pamphobeteus POCOCK, 1901
P. sp. 'platyomma [platyomma]'
P. sp. 'platyomma [wacketi]'
Phlogius (ressurection in prep.)
P. (Selenocosmia) crassipes
(L. KOCH, 1874)
Phormictopus POCOCK, 1901
P. platus CHAMBERLIN, 1917
Poecilotheria SIMON, 1885
P. fasciata (LATREILLE, 1804)
- female
- ultimate male
- juvenile
- spermathecae
P. formosa POCOCK,
1899
- female
- ultimate male
- juvenile
- spermathecae
P. metallica POCOCK,
1899
P. miranda POCOCK,
1900
P. ornata POCOCK,
1899
- female
- ultimate male
- spermathecae
P. pederseni KIRK,
2001
P. regalis POCOCK,
1899
P. rufilata POCOCK,
1899
- female
- ultimate male
- juvenile
- early instar
- spermathecae
P. smithi KIRK,
1996
P. striata POCOCK,
1895
P. subfusca POCOCK,
1895
Psalmopoeus POCOCK, 1895
P. irminia SAAGER, 1994
P. pulcher PETRUNKEVICH, 1924
P. reduncus (KARSCH, 1880)
Pterinochilus POCOCK, 1897
P. murinus POCOCK, 1900
Selenotypus POCOCK, 1895
S. plumipes POCOCK, 1895
Sphaerobothria KARSCH, 1879
S. hoffmani KARSCH, 1879
Stromatopelma KARSCH, 1881
S. calceatum (FABRICIUS, 1793)
Tapinauchenius AUSSERER, 1871
T. cupreus SCHMIDT & BAUER, 1996
T. gigas CAPORIACCO, 1954
T. plumipes (C.L. KOCH, 1875)
T. purpureus SCHMIDT, 1995
Theraphosa THORELL, 1870
T. blondi (LATREILLE, 1804)
Thrigmopoeus POCOCK, 1899
T. truculentus POCOCK, 1899
Xenesthis SIMON, 1891
X. immanis (AUSSERER, 1875)
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