The Tarantula Bibliography :: May 2012

Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881
STROMATOPELMINAE — type species: Stromatopelma calceatum

Karsch, F. 1881.
Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Südafrika.
Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 25: 217-218.

Becker, L. 1879.
Description d'aranéides exotiques nouveaux.
Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 22(C.R.): 140-145.

Blauman, R.M. 1997.
Stromatopelma, the bold arboreals.
Forum Magazine of the American Tarantula Society 6(2): 39, 41.

Charpentier, P. 1996.
The palm tree spiders of the genus Stromatopelma.
Exothermae 1: 3-20.

Kirk, P. 1989.
Scodra.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 4(3): 19.

Rafn, S. 2002.
Stromatopelma – Featherlegged baboons.
Invertebrates-Magazine 1(4): 8-18.
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Rafn, S. 2004.
Stromatopelma – Baumlebende Vogelspinnen aus Afrika.
ARACHNE 9(1): 5-13.

Raven, R. J. 1985.
The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics.
Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 182: 1-180 [p. 158].

Ross, L.K. 2001.
Captive care and maintenance of arboreal baboon spiders (Stromatopelma and Heteroscodra).
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 16(3): 95-102.

Stromatopelma batesi (Pocock, 1902)
– Cameroon, Congo

Pocock, R.I. 1902.
Some new African spiders.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 10: 315-530 [p. 315].

Charpentier, P. 1996.
The palm tree spiders of the genus Stromatopelma.
Exothermae 1: 3-20.

Stromatopelma calceatum (Fabricius, 1793)
– West Africa
TYPE SPECIES

Fabricius, J.C. 1793.
Entomologiae systematica.
Hafniae 2: 407-428 [p. 427].

Becker, L. 1879.
Description d'aranéides exotiques nouveaux.
Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 22(C.R.): 140-145 [p. 142].

Blauman, R.M. 1997.
Stromatopelma, the bold arboreals.
Forum Magazine of the American Tarantula Society 6(2): 39, 41.

Carpenter, P. 1990.
Stromatopelma calceata.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 6(2): 3-4.

Carpenter, P. 1992.
Breeding data: Stromatopelma calceata.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 7(4): 6-7.

Célérier, M.L. 1992.
Fifteen years experience of breeding a theraphosid spider from Ivory Coast: Scodra griseipes Pocock, 1897, in captivity.
In Cooper, J.E., P. Pearce-Kelly & D.L. Williams (Eds.)
Arachnida: Proceedings of a Symposium on Spiders and their Allies.
London. 99-110.

Charpentier, P. 1996.
The palm tree spiders of the genus Stromatopelma.
Exothermae 1: 3-20.

Finke, T. 1998.
Bemerkungen zur Taxonomie, Haltung und Nachzucht von Stromatopelma calceatum griseipes Pocock, 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Stromatopelminae).
Arachnol. Mag. 6(4): 7-12.

Finke, T. 1998.
Remarques sur la taxonomie, le maintien en élevage et la reproduction de Stromatopelma calceata griseipes (Pocock, 1897) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Stromatopelminae).
Arachnides 39.

Tansley, G. 1994.
Stromatopelma calceata: The use of the male scopulae brush during mating.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 9(3): 16-19.

Tansley, G. 2011.
Stromatopelma calceatum: Field observations and breeding notes.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 27(1): 8-11.

Stromatopelma fumigatum (Pocock, 1899)
– Río Muni

Pocock, R.I. 1899.
On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1899: 833-885 [p. 839].

Stromatopelma pachypoda (Strand, 1908)
– Cameroon
recent synonyms: Heteroscodra pachypoda

Strand, E. 1908.
Diagnosen neuer aussereuropäischer Spinnen.
Zool. Anz. 32: 769-773 [p. 770].

Charpentier, P. 1996.
The palm tree spiders of the genus Stromatopelma.
Exothermae 1: 3-20.

Gallon, R.C. 2008.
On some poorly known African Harpactirinae, with notes on Avicuscodra arabica Strand, 1908 and Scodra pachypoda Strand, 1908 (Araneae, Theraphosidae).
Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 14: 232-246 [p. 245].

Stromatopelma satanas (Berland, 1917)
– Gabon, Congo

Berland, L. 1917.
Description de quelques espèces nouvelles d'aviculariides africaines (Araneae: Aviculariidae).
Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 23: 466-481 [p. 473, f. 8].

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