Tarantula Information Home Spiders Some Tarantula that do not get spurs Male Specimens: Tibial Apophyses and Palpal Emboli: Sexually mature males that do not possess tibial apophyses (mating "spurs" or "hooks"), 2003: (A) ANNANDALIELLA Hirst, 1909 ANOPLOSCELUS Pocock, 1897: Africa AUGACEPHALUS Gallon, 2002 (In part): A. junodi (Simon, 1904): Africa (B) (C) CHILOBRACHYS Karsch, 1891 CITHARISCHIUS Pocock, 1900: Africa COREMIOCNEMIS Simon, 1892 (D) (E) EUPHRICTUS Hirst, 1908: Africa (F) (G) (H) HETEROSCODRA Pocock, 1899: Africa HETEROTHELE Karsch, 1879: Africa HYSTEROCRATES Simon, 1892: Africa (I) ISCHNOCOLUS Ausserer, 1871: Africa, Middle East, and Europe (J) (K) (L) LYROGNATHUS Pocock, 1895 (M) METRIOPELMA Becker, 1878 (N) NHANDU Lucas, 1981 (In part): N. carapoensis Lucas, 1981 (O) ORPHNAECUS Simon, 1892 (unpublished data) (P) PACHISTOPELMA Pocock, 1901 (modified tibial apophyses consisting of a "shield" of spines) PHLOGIELLUS Pocock, 1897 PHONEYUSA Karsch, 1884: Africa PHORMINGOCHILUS Pocock, 1895 PLESIOPHRICTUS Pocock, 1899: (In part): some species may possess tibial apophyses POECILOTHERIA Simon, 1885: India and Sri Lanka (Q) (R) (S) SELENOCOSMIA Ausserer, 1871 SELENOTHOLUS Hogg, 1902 SELENOTYPUS Pocock, 1897 SERICOPELMA Ausserer, 1875 STROMATOPELMA Karsch, 1881: Africa (T) THERAPHOSA Thorell, 1870 (In part): T. blondi (Latreille, 1804) THRIGMOPOEUS Pocock, 1899 (unpublished data) (U) (V) (W) (XYZ) Uknown at this time: HAPLOCLASTUS, LOXOMPHALIA, and LOXOPTYGUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted by Lucian Ross at the Yahoo Group arachnid_world message #21641 |