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Chaetopelma concolor (Cüce Anadolu Tarantulası, Ortadoğu Tarantulası / Dwarf Anatolian Tarantula, Middle East Tarantula)

Chaetopelma concolor (Cüce Anadolu Tarantulası, Ortadoğu Tarantulası / Dwarf Anatolian Tarantula, Middle East Tarantula)


Chaetopelma concolor (Cüce Anadolu Tarantulası, Ortadoğu Tarantulası / Dwarf Anatolian Tarantula, Middle East Tarantula) from Sincan Canyon, Payas, Hatay -09.04.2011.

It is known from Egypt, Syria and SE Turkey (Mersin, Adana and Hatay vilayets). The smalest (aprox. 1 cm) tarantula of Turkey.

References 1. Simon, E. (1873). Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2me mémoir). Mém. Soc. roy. sci. Liège (2) 5: 187-351 [p. 215]. 2. GUADANUCCI, J.P.L., GALLON R.C.  (2008). A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Zootaxa 1753: 34-48 [p. 41, fig. 19-25].