Typhochlaena seladonia

Typhochlaena seladonia
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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, 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.^[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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