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Aphonopelma seemanni, the Costa Rican zebra tarantula, also known as the striped-knee tarantula, is a species of tarantula inhabiting most of western Costa Rica and other parts of Central America, such as Honduras and Nicaragua, and possibly Guatemala. [1]
Aphonopelma is a genus of tarantulas native to the Americas. It includes nearly all the North American tarantula species north of Mexico and a considerable percentage ...
Aphonopelma saguaro Hamilton, 2016 – United States; Aphonopelma sclerothrix (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica; Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type species) – Central America; Aphonopelma steindachneri (Ausserer, 1875) – United States; Aphonopelma superstitionense Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 – United States
Aphonopelma mojave, a tarantula native to the Mojave Desert, searches for a burrow. The name tarantula is also incorrectly applied to other large-bodied spiders, including the purseweb spiders or atypical tarantulas , the funnel-webs ( Dipluridae and Hexathelidae ), and the dwarf tarantulas .
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A. Abapeba; Acanthopelma rufescens; Acanthoscurria; Acentropelma; Acragas (spider) Acragas fallax; Acragas hieroglyphicus; Acragas longipalpus; Actinopus; Aenigmarachne
Observations suggesting that there might be silk-producing organs on the feet of the zebra tarantula (Aphonopelma seemanni) led to questions about the origins of spinnerets. It was hypothesised that spinnerets in spiders were originally used as climbing aids on the feet and evolved and were used for webmaking at a later time.
Previously placed in the genus Avicularia, C. versicolor is native to Martinique in the Caribbean Sea. [3]Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are arboreal (tree-dwelling). They spin elaborate funnel webs in which they spend most of their time.