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The name "tarantula" is commonly given to spiders in this family. It is a misnomer - it was originally given to a smaller wolf spider from Taranto, Italy, where, in the Middle Ages, people danced themselves into a trance - called the tarantella - in an attempt to purge the effects of the wolf spider's bite. [citation needed]
The Harpactirinae (commonly called baboon spiders) are a subfamily of tarantulas which are native to the continent of Africa. Like many Old World tarantulas, they have a relatively strong venom and can inflict a painful bite.
Pterinochilus chordatus, or Kilimanjaro mustard baboon spider, is an old-world tarantula, first described in 1873 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker. This species is found on the East side of the African continent, from South Kordofan in Sudan in the north, to Tanzania in the south. It has a body length of up to 2 inches (5 cm) and a leg span of ...
The spider is gray and black and has a "fiery red" abdomen. This fuzzy little guy, named Aphonopelma jacobii, is the 30th species of tarantula to be documented in the U.S., according to the news ...
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 truncatum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Mexico; Aphonopelma vorhiesi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...
Pterinochilus murinus or the orange baboon tarantula, [2] is a nocturnal spider in the family Theraphosidae that was first described in 1897 by Reginald Innes Pocock. [1] This species is found in Angola, as well as central and southern Africa. It is a member of the subfamily Harpactirinae, baboon spiders. [3]
The horn of C. marshalli stands straight up about 1 cm in an adult. There are several probable functions for this horn: according to a study by Rick C. West in 1986, it provides an increased surface for the attachment of the dorsal dilator muscle, which aids in drawing in liquefied food into the sucking stomach at a faster rate; this way, the spider can retreat to a safe place faster.
Harpactira cafreriana otherwise known as the Cape copper baboon or amber baboon tarantula spider was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. It is found in South Africa , being terrestrial or semi- fossorial in nature.