Mygalomorphae

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Phylum: Arthropoda • Classis: Arachnida • Ordo: Araneae • Subordo: Mygalomorphae

[edit] Antrodiaetidae (Folding trapdoor spiders)

[edit] Atypidae (Atypical tarantulas)

Distribution map for the Atypidae

[edit] Sphodros

Sphodros rufipes (Atypical tarantulas)

Sphodros rufipes digitally enhanced to show vertical alignment of chelicerae.

Sphodros species tube

[edit] Ctenizidae (trapdoor spider)

Distribution map for the Ctenizidae

Ctenizidae

[edit] Cyrtaucheniidae (Wafer trapdoor spider)

Distribution map for the Cyrtaucheniidae

Cyrtaucheniid trapdoor spider

[edit] Dipluridae (Funnel-web tarantulas)

Distribution of the Dipluridae

[edit] Genus Euagrus

Euagrus spiderlings

[edit] Genus Accola

Eye pattern (from above) of Accola lewisi

[edit] Genus Masteria

[edit] Hexathelidae (Venomous funnel-web spiders)

Atrax robustus (Sydney funnel-web spider)
		Distribution of the Hexathelidae

[edit] Mecicobothriidae

A digital drawing of a typical "dwarf tarantula"

Geographical distribution of the Mecicobothriidae

Mecicobothriidae

[edit] Theraphosidae (The Tarantulas)

[edit] Genus Annandaliella

Annandaliella travancorica

[edit] Genus Aphonopelma

Wild male Aphonopelma spp., likely A. iodius	Wild male Aphonopelma spp., likely A. iodius	Wild male Aphonopelma spp., likely A. iodius	Aphonopelma clarki
Aphonopelma hentzi	Aphonopelma seemannii	Distributon of Aphonopelma chalcodes

[edit] Genus Brachypelma

B. vagans	B. vagans	B. albopilosum (eye region)	B. boehmei
B. boehmei	B. boehmei	B. boehmei	B. boehmei
B. smithiadult, female	B. smithiadult, female	B. smithiadult, female	B. smithi
B. smithi	B. smithi	B. smithi	B. smithi
B. smithi		Moneverde	unspecified
unspecified	unspecified	unspecified Brachypelma species

[edit] Genus Chaetopelma

Hairy Chaetopelma gracile in a jar	Chaetopelma gracile	Chaetopelma gracile	Chaetopelma aegyptiaca
Chaetopelma aegyptiaca

[edit] Genus Grammostola

Grammostola grossa	Grammostola pulchra	G. spatulata	G. rosea young spider
G. rosea adult, male	G. rosea adult, female	G. rosea, adult, female	Chilean Rose Tarantula
G. rosea	Chilean Rose	Young G. rosea	G. rosea This spider has flicked irritating fibers so many times that the abdomen is partially free of covering.

[edit] Genus Haplopelma

Haplopelma lividum

Haplopelma albostriatum

[edit] Genus Lasiodora

Lasiodora dificilis	Lasiodora klugi, male	Lasiodora parahybana	Lasiodora parahybana 1
Lasiodora parahybana	This spider has lightly webbed the chunk of bark on which it is standing and some adjacent spots in that corner of its terrarium.	Lasiodora parahybana

[edit] Genus Pamphobeteus

Pamphobeteus wallacei AKA Lasiodorides striatus

[edit] Genus Poecilotheria

Poecilotheria regalis	Poecilotheria regalis	Poecilotheria regalis	Poecilotheria regalis
Poecilotheria regalis	Poecilotheria formosa	Poecilotheria formosa

[edit] Genus Psalmopoeus

Psalmopoeus cambridgei 2 months	Psalmopoeus cambridgei 3 months	Psalmopoeus cambridgei 7 months, female	Psalmopoeus cambridgei 11 months, female
Psalmopoeus cambridgei	Psalmopoeus irminia 2 months	Psalmopoeus irminia 5 months	Psalmopoeus irminia 6 months, female
Psalmopoeus irminia 7 months, female	Psalmopoeus irminia 10 months, female	Psalmopoeus irminia

[edit] Genus Pterinochilus

Pterinochilus murius

[edit] Genus Avicularia

Avicularia bicegoi (?)

Todd Gearheart thinks it may be a hybrid of A. bicegoi with A. huriana

Same Avic, another view

Avicularia aurantiaca adult, male

adult, female A. aurantica

Excrement possibly being used as a defense.

Avicularia versicolor 4 months	8 months	10 months, female	13 months, female
16 months, female	adult, female	Avicularia versicolor	Movie of A. versicolor hunting
Avicularia versicolor	Avicularia versicolor (Martinique)