The spider cytogenetic database
Current version: 6.5 (Jan 31, 2018)
Douglas Araujo, Marielle Cristina Schneider, Emygdio Paula-Neto and Doralice Maria Cella
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Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869
Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; n = haploid number;
3n = triploid number; 4n = tetraploid number; SCS = sex chromosome system; T = telocentric; A = acrocentric; St = subtelocentric; Sm = submetacentric; M = metacentric; H = holocentric;
S = supernumerary chromosome; (?) = dubious description; (*) = designation of the species name not recorded in the taxonomic database.
Valid name |
Cited as |
2n |
SCS |
Chromosomal morphology |
Collection site |
Bibliography |
Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923 | ---- | 43-46 | ---- | M, Sm, St, A | Brazil | Oliveira, 1998 apud Řezáč et al., 2006 |
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard, 1852) |
Dugesiella hentzi |
44 |
X1X2 |
---- |
---- |
|
Avicularia minatrix Pocock, 1903 | ---- | 78 | X1X2X3X4 | 52M/Sm+4St+18A+X1Sm+X2M+X3M+X4A | ---- | Kořínková & Král, 2013 |
Brachypelma albopilosum Valerio, 1980 |
Brachypelma albopilosa |
74 |
---- |
---- |
---- |
|
B. albopilosum Valerio, 1980 | ---- | 74 | X1X2X3X4 | 64M/Sm+6St+X1X2X3X4M | Costa Rica | Král et al., 2013 |
Chaetopelma olivaceum (C.L. Koch, 1841) |
Chaetopelma anatolicum |
(16) |
---- |
---- |
Turkey |
|
Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer, 1837) | ---- | 72 | X1X2 | 64M+4Sm+2St+X1M+X2Sm | Chile | Král et al., 2013 |
Holothele cf. longipes | ---- | 73 | X1X2X3 | 66M/Sm+4A/T+X1X2X3M/Sm | Venezuela | Král et al., 2013 |
Idiothele mira Gallon, 2010 | ---- | 25 | X | 18M+2Sm+2St+2A+XM | South Africa | Král et al., 2013 |
Ischnocolus jickelii L. Koch, 1875 | ---- | 85 | X1X2X3 | 70M+12Sm+X1X2X3M/Sm | Yemen | Král et al., 2013 |
Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 | ---- | 67 | X1X2X3 | 46A+18M/Sm+X1M+X2St+X3A | Kenya | Král et al., 2013 |
Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899 |
---- |
110 |
X1X2X3X4 |
30M+18Sm+18St+40A+X1X2X3M+X4Sm |
India |
|
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock, 1895 | ---- | 84 | X1X2 | 64M/Sm+18A+X1X2M | Trinidad | Král et al., 2013 |
Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 | ---- | 43 | X | 36M+6Sm+XM | Tanzania | Král et al., 2013 |
Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | ---- | 74-81 | ---- | M, Sm, St, A | Brazil | Oliveira, 1998 apud Řezáč et al., 2006 |
Vitalius roseus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | ---- | 48 | ---- | St, A | Brazil | Lucas et al., 1993 apud Řezáč et al., 2006 |
Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | ---- | 48 | ---- | St, A | Brazil | Lucas et al., 1993 apud Řezáč et al., 2006 |
Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | ---- | 48 | ---- | St, A | Brazil | Lucas et al., 1993 apud Řezáč et al., 2006 |
Vitalius sp. | ---- | 48 | ---- | M, Sm, St, A | Brazil | Oliveira, 1998 apud Řezáč et al., 2006 |