Trichopelma zebra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Trichopelma
Species:
T. zebra
Binomial name
Trichopelma zebra
(Petrunkevitch, 1925)[1]
Synonyms

Mesothele zebra Petrunkevitch, 1925

Trichopelma zebra is a species of ischnocoline tarantula that is known from Panama.[1]

Taxonomy

Trichopelma zebra was first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1925, under the name of Merothele zebra, a new genus he erected for the species, and which he placed in the family Barychelidae.[1][2] In 1985, Robert Raven made Mesothele a junior synonym of Trichopelma, saying that "it does not differ in any character of generic significance".[3][4] In 2015, the genus was placed by José Guadanucci in a much reduced subfamily of the Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae sensu stricto.[5]

Description

T. zebra has dusky-brown femurs, spinnerets, chelicerae, and cephalothorax. All other leg segments are chestnut-brown. The abdomen is purplish-brown, with five grey stripes running backward and five median grey spots. It is 17 mm (including chelicerae).

The maxillae and labium are spinulose. It lacks a rastellum on the chelicerae. All tarsal scopulae are bisected longitudinally.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Trichopelma zebra (Petrunkevitch, 1925). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved April 4, 2016
  2. ↑ Petrunkevitch, A. (1925). "Arachnida from Panama". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 51–248.
  3. ↑ Raven, R.J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180. hdl:2246/955.
  4. ↑ Trichopelma Thorell, 1896. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved April 4, 2016
  5. ↑ Guadanucci, J.P.L. (2014). "Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (5): 508–518. doi:10.1111/zsc.12065. S2CID 86484123.
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