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Chaetopelma olivaceum (C.L. Koch, 1841)

Cyprus, Turkey, Middle East, Egypt, Sudan ♂♀
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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Chaetopelma olivaceum
Synonyms : Chaetopelma gracile, Ischnocolus syriacus, Crattorhagus tetramerus, Crattorhagus concolor, Chaetopelma shabati, Ischnocolus jerusalemensis
  • Described By: (C.L. Koch, 1841)
  • Researcher Profile: Carl Ludwig Koch
  • Genus: Chaetopelma
  • Common Name: Middle East gold
  • Original Type Locality: Egypt
    • Mygale olivacea C. L. Koch, 1841
    • Ischnocolus gracilis Ausserer, 1871
    • Ischnocolus syriacus Ausserer, 1871
    • Chaetopelma aegyptiaca Ausserer, 1871
    • Avicularia tetramera Simon, 1873
    • Avicularia striatocauda Simon, 1873
    • Nemesia concolor Simon, 1873
    • Ischnocolus striatocauda Ausserer, 1875
    • Cratorrhagus tetramera Simon, 1892
    • Chaetopelma olivaceum Simon, 1892
    • Cratorrhagus tetramerus Reimoser, 1919
    • Chaetopelma shabati Hassan, 1950
    • Cratorrhagus tetrameris Bonnet, 1956
    • Ischnocolus gracilis Smith, 1986
    • Chaetopelma olivaceum Smith, 1989
    • Chaetopelma adenense Smith, 1990
    • Chaetopelma aegyptiacum Smith, 1990
    • Chaetopelma shabati Smith, 1990
    • Ischnocolus olivaceum gracilis Smith, 1990
    • Ischnocolus jerusalemensis Smith, 1990
    • Chaetopelma aegyptiacum Schmidt, 1993
    • Ischnocolus gracilis Schmidt, 1993
    • Chaetopelma anatolicum Schmidt & Smith, 1995
    • Chaetopelma gracile Vollmer, 1997
    • Chaetopelma shabati Peters, 1998

Specimen Records

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Ischnocolus gracilis
Holotype : ♀ (NMW 114), Cyprus
Ischnocolus syriacus
Holotype : ♀ (NMW 166), Syria
Avicularia tetramera
Holotype : ♂ (MNHN 4620), Liban =Lebanon
Avicularia striatocauda
Syntype : ♂ (?), Lebanon
Nemesia concolor
Paralectotype : ♀ (MNHN 4623), Syria
Chaetopelma olivaceum
♀ (BMNH 01.5.21.3), Cyprus
♀ (NMW 104), Israel
♂ (?), Jordan
♂ (?), Israel
♂ (?), Israel
♂ (?), Israel
♂ (SMF 2662), Israel
♂ (?), Israel
♂ (?), Israel
♀ (?), Israel
♂ (NMW 108), Israel
♂ (BMNH 1950.3.30.122.123), Lebanon
(ZMUC 623), Israel
♂ (?), Israel
♂ (NMW 105), Israel
♂ (?), Israel
(ZSM 987), Israel
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (ZMUH 1003), Lebanon
♀ (BMNH 1950.3.30.125.127), Lebanon
♀ (SMF 4923), Egypt
♂ (ZMB 30754), Syria
♂ (?), Turkey
♂ (BMNH 89.10.16.2), Turkey
♂ (MRAC 147161), Sudan
♀ (?), Syria
♀ (?), Syria
♂ (?), Syria
♀ (?), Syria
♂ (ZMB 30755), Syria
♂ (?), Syria
♀ (BMNH 1950.3.30.20.21), Lebanon
♂ (?), Syria
♂ (?), Palestine
♀ (BMNH 1893.11.5.1), Palestine
♂ (?), Lebanon
♂ (ZMUH A71/74), Lebanon
(ZMUH A71/74), Lebanon
♀ (NMW 106), Lebanon
♂ (MNHN 975), Lebanon
♂ (?), Lebanon
♀ (BMNH 09.9.8.1.2), Cyprus
♀ (SMF 8573), Egypt
(BMNH 0.8.24.1), Cyprus
♀ (?), Egypt
♂ (?), Israel
♀ (BMNH 1893.11.5.1), Israel
♂ (?), Israel
♀ (BMNH 14.10.2.1), Egypt
♀ (BMNH 90.7.1.39.8.400), Egypt
♂ (BMNH 90.7.1.398.400), Egypt
♀ (BMNH 1950.3.7.60), Egypt
♂ (?), Egypt
♀ (?), Cyprus
♂ (BMNH 1950.3.30.20-21), Lebanon
♂ (BMNH 1927.8.13), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♀ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♀ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (?), Cyprus
♂ (BMNH 1924.10.3.19), Jordan
♀ (BMNH 1950.3.30.125-127), Lebanon
♀ (ZMUC 631), Egypt
♀ (NMW 100), Egypt
♂ (?), Egypt
♀ (?), Egypt
♀ (MNHN 4677), Egypt
♀ (BMNH 1948.11.23.19), Egypt
♀ (BMNH 14.10.2.1), Egypt
♀ (BMNH 1950. 3.7.60), Egypt
♂ (NMW 102), Egypt
♂ (BMNH 90.7.1.398-400), Egypt
♂ (NMW 103), Egypt
♂ (BMNH 1950.3.30.122-123), Lebanon
♂ (ZMB 144), Egypt
♂ (SMF 2661), Saudi Arabia
Holotype : ♀ (?), Egypy
♂ (?), Turkey
♂ (BMNH 1889.10.16.2), Turkey
♂ (?), Syria
♀ (?), Syria
♂ (?), Syria
♂ (?), Lebanon
♂ (SMF 2663), Turkey
Chaetopelma shabati
Holotype : ♂ (?), Egypt
Ischnocolus jerusalemensis
Holotype : ♀ (BMNH 95.11.9.45–46), Israel
Chaetopelma anatolicum
Holotype : ♂ (?), Turkey

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