They have special
stridulating organs in their
chelicerae, which are made of short spines. Males have a
palpal bulb which ends in a long and slender blade like spine, females have one pair of
spermatheca. The anterior eyes form almost a straight line. Their legs have a narrower scapulae at the tip of the metatarsus.[3]
Deaths
Chilobrachys bites may be fatal. Some cases have been reported where bites by Chilobrachys hardwickei resulted in gangrene and deaths.[4]
Species
As of July 2022[update] it contains thirty-one species, found in
Asia:[1]
^Karsch, F. (1892). "Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 36: 267–310.
^Banerjee K, Banerjee R, Mukherjee AK, Ghosh D (1997). "Tarantula bite leads to death and gangrene". Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 63 (2): 125–126.
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