Typhochlaena seladonia

Typhochlaena seladonia
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Typhochlaena
Species:	T. seladonia
Binomial name
	Typhochlaena seladonia; Koch, 1841

Typhochlaena seladonia is a species of aviculariine tarantula, and is the type species of the genus Typhochlaena.^[1] It is unique as an arboreal spider that constructs trapdoors in the bark of trees.^[2]

The common name is the Brazilian jewel tarantula.^{[citation needed]}

Taxonomy[]

T. seladonia was originally described by Carl Ludwig Koch, in Brazil in 1841, as Mygale seladonia. In 1850 he changed its name to Typhochlaena seladonia; then Eugène Simon changed it again to Avicularia seladonia. In 1928, changed the species name back to Typhochlaena seladonia, but (in 1993) changed it to Iridopelma seladonia, and then changed it to Iridopelma seladonium. finally changed the name back to Typhochlaena seladonia in 2012.^[1]

Characteristics[]

The female Typhochlaena seladonia has long, thin spermathecae, which are spiralled distally. The male has a very long embolus. Additionally, both genders have a greenish cephalothorax and a black dorsum with two row of six spots, the posterior pair being reddish and all others being yellowish.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Taxon details Typhochlaena seladonia Koch, 1841", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-10
^ Andre, C. & Hüsser, M. (2018), "About trapdoors and bridges – New insights in the little-known ecology and lifestyle of the genus Typhochlaena C.L. Koch, 1850", British Tarantula Society Journal, 32 (3): 3–29
^ Bertani, R. (2012). Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys 230: p. 17. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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[WSC_s37979-1] "Taxon details Typhochlaena seladonia Koch, 1841", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-10

[AndrHüss18-2] Andre, C. & Hüsser, M. (2018), "About trapdoors and bridges – New insights in the little-known ecology and lifestyle of the genus Typhochlaena C.L. Koch, 1850", British Tarantula Society Journal, 32 (3): 3–29

[bertani2012-3] Bertani, R. (2012). Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys 230: p. 17. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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