Search Results - "Tarantulas"

A local survey on the perception of the danger of exotic spiders among spider keepers and a review of the local situation of exotic spider keeping.

Authors: Wu, Ping Wong, Oi Fung Fung, Hin Tat et al.

Source: Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. Feb2026, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p.

Taxonomic notes on the tarantula genus Heterothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with a new synonymy, resurrection of H. longipalpis Karsch, 1879, two nomina dubia, and description of a new species from Tanzania.

Authors: Gallon, Richard C. Sherwood, Danniella

Source: Arachnology. 2025, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p623-640. 18p.

Redescription of Nhandu chromatus Schmidt, 2004 stat. rest. and revalidation of Nhandu sylviae Sherwood, Gabriel & Brescovit, 2023 stat. rest. (Araneae: Theraphosidae).

Authors: Sherwood, Danniella Gabriel, Ray Peñaherrera-R., Pedro et al.

Source: Arachnology. 2025, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p519-526. 8p.

A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae).

Authors: Peñaherrera-R., Pedro Mora-Bolaños, Jamie Guerrero-Campoverde, Ariel et al.

Source: Arachnology. 2025, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p462-472. 11p.

A new species of Bermejoa Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023 from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae).

Authors: Portela, Luis E. Ríos-Tamayo, Duniesky

Source: Arachnology. 2025, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p333-338. 6p.

Spider leg biomechanics as an information filter for vibration sensing.

Authors: Miller, Thomas Rogers, Stephen Wu, Jun et al.

Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 6/17/2026, Vol. 293 Issue 2073, p1-10. 10p.

Subjects: Signal-to-noise ratio, Tarantulas, Laser Doppler vibrometer, Acoustic vibrations, Mechanoreceptors, Vibration tests

Twycross Zoo.

Source: Week Junior: Science + Nature. Oct2025, Issue 92, p41-41. 1p.

White Sands National Park, New Mexico.

Source: Week Junior (US Edition). 2/14/2025, Vol. 6 Issue 251, p10-10. 1/4p. 2 Color Photographs.

Parasitoidism of Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard, 1852) (Araneae: Theraphosidae) and first records of Pepsis mildeiStål, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Missouri, U.S.A.

Authors: Hansis-O'Neill, Becky MacRae, Ted C.

Source: Pan-Pacific Entomologist. Oct2025, Vol. 101 Issue 4, p305-311. 7p.

On Some Rare Mygalomorph from Ecuador, with the Description of 16 New Species in Five Families (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae, Barychelidae, Halonoproctidae, Idiopidae, and Theraphosidae) †.

Authors: Dupérré, Nadine Tapia, Elicio

Source: Taxonomy. Sep2025, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p35. 68p.

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Source: Week Junior (US Edition). 12/20/2024, Vol. 5 Issue 244, p21-21. 3/8p. 3 Color Photographs.

YOUR SPACE.

Source: Week Junior: Science + Nature. Dec2023, Issue 68, p47-47. 1p.

A new species of Southeast Asian dwarf tarantula in the genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897, from Lao PDR (Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae).

Authors: Sriranan, Patipan Songsangchote, Chaowalit Sihavong, Odeth et al.

Source: ZooKeys. 2025, Issue 1247, p19-43. 25p.

Description of a male of the Peruvian tarantula Thrixopelma aymara (Chamberlin, 1916), and a new species of Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru (Araneae; Theraphosidae; Theraphosinae), with comments on the conservation of tarantulas in Peru.

Alternate Title: Descripción de un macho de la tarántula peruana Thrixopelma aymara (Chamberlin, 1916), y una nueva especie de Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 del Perú (Araneae; Theraphosidae; Theraphosinae), con comentarios sobre la conservación de las tarántulas en el Perú

Authors: Kaderka, Radan Quispe-Colca, Oscar M.

Source: Revista Peruana de Biología. jul2025, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p1-36. 35p.

Record of a Tarantula Bonnetina cyaneifemur ^{Preyed Upon by Centruroides elegans.}

Authors: Mendoza, Lizbeth Parra de Araujo Lira, André Felipe González-Santillán, Edmundo

Source: Southwestern Entomologist. Jun2025, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p1-6. 6p.

Tracking a Tarantula Diversification in a Neotropical Open Biome.

Authors: Lima‐Vergilio, Rafael Mello, Lucas O. Nobre, Stephanny S. et al.

Source: Journal of Biogeography. Jun2026, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p1-15. 15p.

Hidden in the plains: Two new extra‐andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour.

Authors: Allegue, Maite Ferretti, Nelson

Source: Zoologica Scripta. Mar2025, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p213-218. 6p.

Record of an endangered tarantula Brachypelma klaasi (Araneae: Theraphosidae) preyed upon by &entruroides elegans.

Authors: Mendoza, Lizbeth Parra Araujo Lira, André Felipe de González-Santillán, Edmundo

Source: Southwestern Entomologist. Mar2025, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p.

Revisiting and rediscovering the tarantulas (Araneae, Theraphosidae) of Culapnitan (Libmanan) Caves in the Philippines: troglomorphism, taxonomy, phylogeny and ecological niche.

Authors: Acuña, Darrell C. Ragasa, Lorenz Rhuel P. Santiago-Bautista, Myla R. et al.

Source: Subterranean Biology. 2025, Issue 52, p143-186. 44p.

The genus Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru: redescription of the male of T. ockerti Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), and a new species.

Authors: Signorotto, Fiorella Ferretti, Nelson Chaparro, Juan C. et al.

Source: Arachnology. 2025, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p107-114. 8p.