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Theraphosidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Theraphosidae

Name

Homonyms
Theraphosidae
Common names
baboon spiders in language.
bird spiders in language.
tarantula in English
tarantulas in English
tarantulas in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Breene, R. G., D. Allen Dean, G. B. Edwards, Blain Hebert, Herbert W. Levi, Gail Manning, et al., 2003: null. Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition. 42.
  4. Carico, James E,Cruz-da-Silva, Estevam L: Revision of the Neotropical nursery-web spider genus Thaumasia Perty, 1833 (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Pisauridae: Thaumasiinae)
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Sherwood, D.; Blick, T.; Gabriel, R.; Lucas, S. M. (2021). On the authorship and publication dates of the nomina <em>Theraphosa</em> and Theraphosidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4950(2): 395-397.
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