Trichopelma zebra

Trichopelma zebra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Trichopelma
Species:	T. zebra
Binomial name
	Trichopelma zebra; (Petrunkevitch, 1925)[1]
Synonyms
	Mesothele zebra Petrunkevitch, 1925

Trichopelma zebra is a species of ischnocoline tarantula that is known from Panama.[1]

Taxonomy

Trichopelma zebra was first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1925, under the name of Merothele zebra, a new genus he erected for the species, and which he placed in the family Barychelidae.[1][2] In 1985, Robert Raven made Mesothele a junior synonym of Trichopelma, saying that "it does not differ in any character of generic significance".[3][4] In 2015, the genus was placed by José Guadanucci in a much reduced subfamily of the Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae sensu stricto.[5]

Description

T. zebra has dusky-brown femurs, spinnerets, chelicerae, and cephalothorax. All other leg segments are chestnut-brown. The abdomen is purplish-brown, with five grey stripes running backward and five median grey spots. It is 17 mm (including chelicerae).

The maxillae and labium are spinulose. It lacks a rastellum on the chelicerae. All tarsal scopulae are bisected longitudinally.

References

Trichopelma zebra (Petrunkevitch, 1925). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved April 4, 2016
Petrunkevitch, A. (1925). "Arachnida from Panama". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 51–248.
Raven, R.J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180. hdl:2246/955.
Trichopelma Thorell, 1896. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved April 4, 2016
Guadanucci, J.P.L. (2014). "Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (5): 508–518. doi:10.1111/zsc.12065.

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[WSC_s5825-1] Trichopelma zebra (Petrunkevitch, 1925). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved April 4, 2016

[Petr25-2] Petrunkevitch, A. (1925). "Arachnida from Panama". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 27: 51–248.

[Rave85-3] Raven, R.J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180. hdl:2246/955.

[g475-4] Trichopelma Thorell, 1896. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved April 4, 2016

[Guad14-5] Guadanucci, J.P.L. (2014). "Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (5): 508–518. doi:10.1111/zsc.12065.