Typhochlaena seladonia

Typhochlaena seladonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Typhochlaena
Species: T. seladonia
Binomial name
Typhochlaena seladonia
Koch, 1841[1]

Typhochlaena seladonia is a species of aviculariine tarantula, which is the type species of Typhochlaena.[1]

Taxonomy

T. seladonia was originally described by Carl Ludwig Koch, 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, Candido Mello-Leitão changed the species name back to Typhochlaena seladonia, but Andrew Smith (in 1993) changed it to Iridopelma seladonia, and then Lina Almeida-Silva changed it to Iridopelma seladonium. Rogèrio Bertani 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.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Taxon details Typhochlaena seladonia Koch, 1841", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2016-02-10
  2. Bertani, R. (2012). Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1859, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys 230: p. 17. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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