Species Care Sheets
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Acanthopelminae Subfamily
Small, terrestrial New World tarantulas
Aviculariinae Subfamily
A subfamily of tropical, tree-dwelling New World tarantulas. They range from the Caribbean to South America, and are commonly known as “pinktoe” tarantulas. The genera Avicularia, Ephebopus and Pachistopelma possess urticating hairs, but cannot “flick” them into the air; instead the hairs are pressed into an enemy upon contact.
- Avicularia - There is a belief that they may be the reason behind rumors of "flying spiders" in the rainforests they are native to, as they are quite adept at jumping.
- Ephebopus -
- Iridopelma -
- Pachistopelma -
Brachypelma Subfamily
Topical new-world species. These are generally considered docile and good starter species.
- Bonnetina -
- Brachypelma -
- Chromatopelma -
- Citharacanthus -
- Clavopelma -
- Crassicrus -
- Cyclosternum -
- Cyriocosmus -
- Cyrtopholis -
- Euathlus -
- Eupalaestrus -
- Grammostola -
- Hapalopus -
- Hapalotremus -
- Hemirrhagus -
- Homoeomma -
- Lasiodora -
- Lasiodorides -
- Maraca -
- Megaphobema -
- Melloleitaoina -
- Metriopelma -
- Neostenotarsus -
- Nesipelma -
- Nhandu -
- Ozopactus -
- Pamphobeteus -
- Paraphysa -
- Phormictopus -
- Plesiopelma -
- Pseudhapalopus -
- Reversopelma -
- Schismatothele -
- Schizopelma -
- Sericopelma -
- Sphaerobothria -
- Stenotarsus -
- Theraphosa -
- Thrixopelma -
- Tmesiphantes -
- Vitalius -
- Xenesthis -
Eumenophorinae Subfamily
Old-world tarantulas, mostly from Africa
- Anoploscelus -
- Batesiella -
- Citharischius -
- Encyocrates -
- Eumenophorus -
- Hysterocrates -
- Loxomphalia -
- Loxoptygus -
- Mascaraneus -
- Monocentropus -
- Myostola -
- Phoneyusa -
Harpactirinae Subfamily
Old-world tarantulas from Africa. Often called baboon spiders.
- Augacephalus -
- Ceratogyrus -
- Eucratoscelus -
- Harpactira -
- Harpactirella -
- Idiothele -
- Pterinochilus -
- Trichognathella -
Ischnocolinae Subfamily
Contains spiders from around the world
- Catumiri -
- Chaetopelma -
- Guyruita -
- Hemiercus -
- Heterothele -
- Holothele -
- Ischnocolus -
- Nesiergus -
- Oligoxystre -
- Plesiophrictus -
- Sickius -
Ornithoctoninae Subfamily
Old-world tarantulas which are found primarily in Southeast Asia, southern China, and Borneo. Known for being Ill-tempered
Poecilotheriinae Subfamily
Tree spiders from India and Sri Lanka
Selenocosmiinae Subfamily
Mainly from East Asia and Australia.
- Chilobrachys -
- Coremiocnemis -
- Haplocosmia -
- Heteroscodra -
- Lyrognathus -
- Orphnaecus -
- Phlogiellus -
- Psalmopoeus -
- Selenobrachys -
- Selenocosmia -
- Selenotholus -
- Selenotypus -
- Tapinauchenius -
- Yamia -
Selenogyrinae Subfamily
From India and Africa
Stromatopelminae Subfamily
Tree-dwelling, from western Africa
Theraphosinae Subfamily
Consists of new-world terrestrial tarantulas with urticating hairs. The majority of spiders kept as pets are of this sub-family.
- Acanthoscurria -
- Aenigmarachne -
- Aphonopelma -
- Theraphosa - A genus of tarantula spiders of South America. The two species of the genus are large.
Thrigmopoeinae Subfamily
From India
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