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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881 |
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Stromatopelma is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1881. They are renowned for their potent venom that uses stromatoxin peptides to induce medically significant effects.
Species
As of May 2020 it contains five species and one subspecies, found in Africa:
- Stromatopelma batesi (Pocock, 1902) – Cameroon, Congo
- Stromatopelma calceatum (Fabricius, 1793) (type) – West Africa
- Stromatopelma c. griseipes (Pocock, 1897) – West Africa
- Stromatopelma fumigatum (Pocock, 1900) – Equatorial Guinea (Mbini)
- Stromatopelma pachypoda (Strand, 1908) – Cameroon
- Stromatopelma satanas (Berland, 1917) – Gabon, Congo
In synonymy:
- Stromatopelma alicapillatum Karsch, 1881 = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma aussereri (Becker, 1879) = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma brachypoda (Pocock, 1897) = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma horrida (Thorell, 1899) = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma straeleni (Roewer, 1953) = Stromatopelma batesi
See also
References
- ^ "Gen. Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- Karsch, F. (1881). "Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Südafrika". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 25 (2): 217–218. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18810250208.
- 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.
External links
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