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Psalmopoeus cambridgei, the Trinidad chevron tarantula, is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, endemic to Trinidad. Its venom is the source of psalmotoxin and vanillotoxin which are classified as inhibitor cystine knot proteins. Psalmotoxin may be of therapeutic use in patients with a stroke.
Perhaps the most famous group of spiders that construct funnel-shaped webs is the Australian funnel-web spiders. There are 36 of them and some are dangerous as they produce a fast-acting and ...
The Most Common House Spiders to Know CBCK-Christine - Getty Images. ... “Many bites occur because the spider is hiding in folded towels and sheets, underneath a pile of clothes on the floor, or ...
Neoholothele incei is a species of tarantula from Trinidad and Venezuela, [1] commonly called the Trinidad olive tarantula.When mature, the species has a leg-span exceeding 5–7.5 cm (2.0–3.0 in).
Stiphidiidae, also called sheetweb spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described in 1917. [1] Most species are medium size (Stiphidion facetum is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long) and speckled brown with long legs.
Gertsch, W.J. (1978). The spider family Leptonetidae in North America. Journal of Arachnology 1:145-203. PDF; Platnick, N.I. (1986). On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates 2855. PDF
The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae.Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus Agelenopsis.Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis) may be medically significant, and some evidence suggests it might cause necrotic lesions, [1] but the matter remains subject to debate. [2]
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