Chaetopelma altugkadirorum
| Chaetopelma altugkadirorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Chaetopelma |
| Species: | C. altugkadirorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetopelma altugkadirorum Gallon, Gabriel & Tansley, 2012
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Chaetopelma altugkadirorum is a small, Old World tarantula. This species is found in the Eastern Mediterranean, in border area of Turkey and Syria. The species closely resembles Chaetopelma olivaceum a widespread species in the region. It was first described by British arachnologists , , and in 2012. With the description of this new species the genus Chaetopelma now comprises five species.[1]
Habitat[]
Chaetopelma altugkadirorum is found within burrows (up to 50 cm in depth) in light pine forest of Yayladağı district of Hatay Province of Turkey and Ras al-Bassit of Syria. Burrows were often observed in association with rotten pine stumps, with the burrow excavated along the decaying remains of the stump’s root system.[1]
Naming[]
The epithet altugkadirorum a patronym honouring both Turkish arachnologists and , whose efforts were instrumental in securing material of this species for description.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c Richard C. Gallon, Ray Gabriel & Guy Tansley (2012), A new Chaetopelma species from the eastern Mediterranean (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae) Archived September 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Journal of the British Tarantula Society. 27(4): 128-139)
- ^ http://www.dogatarihi.net/chaetopelma-altugkadirorum/ Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
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