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Purple Tree Tarantula
Gerry van Tonder, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Spiders & tarantulas

Purple Tree Tarantula

Tapinauchenius plumipes (C.L.Koch, 1842)

Names

EnglishPurple Tree Tarantula
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese巨人伪鸣蛛
Sranan Tongobus'anansi (general name for the group)
Sranan Tongoanansi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameTapinauchenius plumipes (C.L.Koch, 1842)

About this species

Tapinauchenius plumipes is a tarantula native to western South America. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842. Its synonyms include Tapinauchenius gigas; Amazonius germani was misidentified as T. gigas between 1994 and 2022.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyTheraphosidae
GenusTapinauchenius

In Suriname

20Records in Suriname
12iNaturalist observations
1911First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini4
  • Nickerie3
  • Brokopondo2
  • Commewijne2
  • Marowijne1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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