Southeast Asian Tarantulas
Ornithoctoninae
The Ornithoctoninae, also known as earth tigers, are a subfamily of Asian tarantulas, which were first erected in 1895 by Reginald Innes Pocock on basis of the genotype Ornithoctonus andersoni described in 1892 from former Burma, now Myanmar.
11 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Melopoeus
genusMelopoeus
Phormingochilus
genusPhormingochilus
Lampropelma
genusLampropelma
Haplopelma
genusHaplopelma
Ornithoctonus
genusOrnithoctonus
Omothymus
genusOmothymus
Citharognathus
genusCitharognathus
Taksinus
genusTaksinus
Aspinochilus
genusAspinochilus
Magnacrus
genusMagnacrus
Melognathus
genusMelognathus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 808274.