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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.
Tapinauchenius latipes L. Koch, 1875 – Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana; Tapinauchenius plumipes (C. L. Koch, 1842) – Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil; Tapinauchenius polybotes Hüsser, 2018 – Lesser Antilles (St. Lucia) Tapinauchenius rasti Hüsser, 2018 – Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
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
Tapinauchenius rasti (Caribbean diamond tarantula), endemic to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is a species of concern in the international pet trade. A recent study examined the extinction risks associated with its trade using the COM-B model, which assesses decision-making based on capability, opportunity, and motivation.
In his 1985 monograph on the Mygalomorphae, Robert Raven included only four genera, Avicularia, Iridopelma, Pachistopelma, and Tapinauchenius. [5] Günter Schmidt in 2003 included Iridopelma in Avicularia , but added Ephebopus and Psalmopoeus to the subfamily. [ 6 ]
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.
T. gigas may refer to: . Tachypleus gigas, an Asian species of horseshoe crab; Thamnophis gigas, the giant garter snake, a reptile of the western United States; Thesprotia gigas, the grass mantis, a praying mantis species found in Brazil
Ephebopus is a genus of northeastern South American tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. [2] Its relation to other tarantulas is one of the most uncertain in the family, and it has been frequently moved around and has been placed in each of the eight subfamilies at least once.