Bistriopelma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Bistriopelma Kaderka, 2015 |
Type species | |
Bistriopelma lamasi Kaderka, 2015
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Species | |
6, see text |
Bistriopelma is a genus of spider, being a theraphosine theraphosid (tarantula). [1]
The generic name Bistriopelma comes from the Latin bi- meaning "two" and strio meaning "stripe". This refers to the dorsolateral urticating patches of which there are two, both of which have a stripe of thick hair. [1]
Bistriopelma has two distinctive patches of Type III urticating setae, which are located dorsolaterally on the abdomen, each with a long stripe of thicker setae, which runs diagonally to the longitudinal body axis. The female spermathecae are nearly parallel, and the male's embolus curves retrolaterally from the tegulum (base). [1]
As of May 2022 [update] it contains six species, found in Peru: [2]