The Spider Cytogenetic Database

Current version: 13.0 (Aug 31, 2024)

Douglas Araujo, Marielle Cristina Schneider, Emygdio Paula-Neto and Doralice Maria Cella​
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 ---- ---- Painter, 1914
Avicularia minatrix Pocock, 1903 ---- 78 X1X2X3X4 52M/Sm+4St+18A+X1Sm+X2M+X3M+X4A ---- Kořínková & Král, 2013
Chaetopelma olivaceum (C.L. Koch, 1841) Chaetopelma anatolicum (16) ---- ---- Turkey Akan et al., 2005
Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer, 1837) ---- 72 X1X2 64M+4Sm+2St+X1M+X2Sm Chile Král et al., 2013
Grammostola aff. rosea Grammostola aff. porteri 72 X1X2+2CSCP Predominantly biarmed. X1M+X2A. CSCP1M+CSCP2Sm Chile Sember et al., 2020
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 Král et al., 2011
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock, 1895 ---- 84 X1X2 64M/Sm+18A+X1X2M Trinidad Král et al., 2013
Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 ---- 23 X+CSCP Biarmed ---- Sember et al., 2020
Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 ---- 43 X 36M+6Sm+XM Tanzania Král et al., 2013
Pterinopelma roseum (Mello-Leitão, 1923) Vitalius roseus 48 ---- St, A Brazil Lucas et al., 1993 apud Řezáč et al., 2006
Tekoapora wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923) Vitalius wacketi 48 ---- St, A Brazil Lucas et al., 1993 apud Řezáč et al., 2006
Tliltocatl albopilosus (Valerio, 1980) Brachypelma albopilosa 74 ---- ---- ---- Vítková et al., 2005
Tliltocatl albopilosus (Valerio, 1980) Brachypelma albopilosum 74 X1X2X3X4 64M/Sm+6St+X1X2X3X4M Costa Rica Král et al., 2013
Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) ---- 74-81 ---- M, Sm, St, A Brazil Oliveira, 1998 apud Řezáč et al., 2006
Vitalius sorocabae (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