Stromatopelma
Stromatopelma is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton [Franz Karsch] in 1881. They are renowned for their potent venom that uses stromatoxin peptides to induce medically significant effects.
Species
it contains five species and one subspecies, found in Africa:- Stromatopelma batesi – Cameroon, Congo
- Stromatopelma calceatum – West Africa
- *Stromatopelma c. griseipes – West Africa
- Stromatopelma fumigatum – Equatorial Guinea
- Stromatopelma pachypoda – Cameroon
- Stromatopelma satanas – Gabon, Congo
- Stromatopelma alicapillatum Karsch, 1881 = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma aussereri = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma brachypoda = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma horrida = Stromatopelma calceatum
- Stromatopelma straeleni = ''Stromatopelma batesi''