Stromatopelma is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1881.[2] They are renowned for their potent venom that uses stromatoxin peptides to induce medically significant effects.[3]

Stromatopelma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Stromatopelma
Karsch, 1881[1]
Type species
S. calceatum
(Fabricius, 1793)
Species

5, see text

Synonyms
  • Hyarachne Thorell, 1899
  • Scodra Becker, 1879

Species

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As of May 2020 it contains five species and one subspecies, found in Africa:[1]

In synonymy:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ Karsch, F. (1881). "Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Südafrika". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 25 (2): 217–218. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18810250208.
  3. ^ Escoubas, Pierre; Diochot, Sylvie; Célérier, Marie-Louise; Nakajima, Terumi & Lazdunski, Michel (2002). "Novel tarantula toxins for subtypes of voltage-dependent potassium channels in the Kv2 and Kv4 subfamilies". Molecular Pharmacology. 62 (1): 48–57. doi:10.1124/mol.62.1.48. PMID 12065754.
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