family Theraphosidae

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family Theraphosidae - large tropical spiders; tarantulas

Theraphosidae

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Araneae, Araneida, order Araneae, order Araneida - spiders

tarantula - large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites

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Thus, herein, we analyze cases of unjustified emendations in scientific names dedicated to people, published because of sex or the number of dedicatees, in the family Theraphosidae (Arachnida: Mygalomorphae), currently containing about 978 (2nd.

Casos de enmiendas injustificadas de nombres cientificos dedicados a las personas en las tarantulas (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)

The arachnologists came to the conclusion this was a tarantula in the mygalomorph family Theraphosidae.

First distribution record of a tarantula spider (Araneae, Theraphosidae) found in the United Arab Emirates

tarantula Any of various large, hairy, chiefly tropical spiders of the family Theraphosidae and capable of inflicting a painful but not seriously venomous bite.

The case of the hairy eyeball

Members of the family Theraphosidae are usually large and long-lived and in the last decades they have become popular as pets in many countries.

Spiderling emergence in the tarantula Grammostola mollicoma (Ausserer 1875): an experimental approach (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

The family Theraphosidae is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, but the biology of theraphosid spiders is poorly known.

Mating behavior of Sickius longibulbi (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae), a spider that lacks spermathecae

The family Theraphosidae so far contains 906 species (Platnick 2008).

The identity of Mygale brunnipes C.L. Koch 1842 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with a redescription of the species and the description of a new genus