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Tapinauchenius is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. [2] The name is a combination of the Greek ταπεινός , meaning "low", and αὐχήν , meaning "neck". [ 3 ]
Tapinauchenius plumipes (C. L. Koch, 1842) - Suriname; Tapinauchenius polybotes Hüsser, 2018 - Lesser Antilles (St. Lucia) Tapinauchenius rasti Hüsser, 2018 - Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti (Walckenaer, 1837) - St. Vincent; Tapinauchenius violaceus (Mello-Leitão, 1930) - French Guiana, Brazil
The earliest equivalent to the modern subfamily Aviculariinae is considered to be Simon's 1889 tribe Aviculariae, [1] which included three genera: Avicularia, Tapinauchenius and Scodra (now Stromatopelma). [3] The circumscription of the subfamily has varied considerably.
Tapinauchenius plumipes, the orange tree spider, is a tarantula endemic to French Guiana. It was first described by Ludovico Di Caporiacco in 1954. Its previous name, Tapinauchenius gigas was based on the Latin word for giant, being gigas. [1] This tarantula is often kept as a pet and commonly bred.
Avicularia is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of arboreal tarantulas.The genus is native to Panama, the Caribbean, and tropical South America. [1] [2] Each species in the genus has very distinguishable pink foot pads.
In daylight this spider discloses a quite intense purple-blue iridescence on the dorsal surface of the cephalothorax and on legs, palps and chelicerae. The long setae covering the legs and palps are dark red-brown. The tarsal and metatarsal scopulae are very dark brown. The tarsal tufts are pale cream-pink in colour.
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders" [1]) are an infraorder of spiders.They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down.
Hersiliidae is a tropical and subtropical family of spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, [1] which are commonly known as tree trunk spiders. They have two prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen, earning them another nickname, the "two-tailed spiders". They range in size from 10 to 18 mm (0.4 to 0.7 in) long.