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Chaetopelma olivaceum (Olivaceous Middle East Tarantula / Zeytuni Ortadoğu Tarantulası)

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Chaetopelma olivaceum (Olivaceous Middle East Tarantula / Zeytuni Ortadoğu Tarantulası)


Chaetopelma olivaceum (Olivaceous Middle East Tarantula / Zeytuni Ortadoğu Tarantulası) from Sincan Canyon, Payas, Hatay - 09.04.2011.

It is distributed in Cyprus, Turkey, Middle East, Egypt and Sudan. On of the biggest Tarantula (approx.4 cm) of the Middle East.

References: 1. Koch, C.L. 1841. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, Neunter Band, pp. 1-56 [p. 34, f. 712]. 2. Ausserer, A. 1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wein 21: 117-224 [p. 187]. [Chaetopelma gracile, junior synonym]. 3. Ausserer, A. 1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wein 21: 117-224 [p. 189]. [Ischnocolus syriacus, junior synonym]. 4. GUADANUCCI, J.P.L. & R.C. GALLON. 2008. A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Zootaxa 1753: 34-48 [p. 36. fig. 1-10]. 5. 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. 201]. [Crattorhagus tetramerus, junior synonym]. 6. 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]. [Crattorhagus concolor, junior synonym]. 7. Schmidt, G.E.W. 2005. Chaetopelma anatolicum Schmidt & Smith, 1995 ist ein Synonym von Chaetopelma gracile (Ausserer, 1871) (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae). Tarantulas of the World 103: 13-17. 8. Hassan, A.I. 1950. The Theraphosidae in Egypt, with a description of Chaetopelma shabati spec. nov. {Araneae}. Bull. Soc. Fouad I. Ent. 34: 159-171 [p. 163, f. 1-10]. [Chaetopelma shabati, junior synonym] 9. Smith, A.M. 1990. Baboon Spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London [p. 130, f. 830-846]. [Ischnocolus jerusalemensis, junior synonym].

Author Bayram GÖÇMEN
Created on Saturday 09 April 2011
Posted on Sunday 03 July 2011
Tags Hatay, TURKEY / TÜRKİYE
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