- Animals
- ›Arthropods
- ›Chelicerates
- ›Arachnids
- ›Spiders
- ›Mygalomorphs
- ›Avicularioidea
- ›Tarantulas
- ›Theraphosine Tarantulas
- ›Hapalopini
- ›Thrixopelma
Peruvian Red-rump Tarantula
Thrixopelma ockerti
Thrixopelma ockerti, commonly known as the Peruvian Flame Rump or Flame Rump Tree Spider, is a species of tarantula and the type species of the genus Thrixopelma. It is endemic to Peru and was first described by Gunter Schmidt in 1994. It is named ockerti after the collector Roland Ockert.
From the article Thrixopelma ockerti on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Females live up to 15 years, while males live only up to 4. Their carapace and legs are a dark blue, almost black, the opisthosoma is the same color, covered in reddish, pinkish hairs, with a darker colored urticating patch.
Range & habitat
This species is typically found in Huánuco Province, Peru. It lives in both jungles and mountain ranges, with average temperatures of 24°C, and average yearly rainfall of 400mm.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
They are semi arboreal, semi terrestrial tarantulas, they're surprisingly docile and calm tarantulas being out on the open for the majority of the time. They own urticating hairs they are not afraid to use, throwing them to anyone who bothers them. In nature they can be seen somewhat communal, but in captivity this is not recommended at all.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Thrixopelma ockerti in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 540970.