urticating palps

mdfic

Arachnopeon
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Jul 16, 2003
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what is the scientific name and the common name of the t that has urticating hairs on its palps. i have found refferences to a species but no one gives it a name and google is absolutely no use it keeps pulling up urinating instead of urticating. anyway...are some species hairs more irritating than others or is it an individual thing?:confused:
 

belewfripp

Arachnobaron
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Aug 17, 2002
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The genus Ephebopus has urticating bristles on its pedipalps. Common species include Ephebopus murinus, the skeleton tarantula, Ephebopus rufescens, the red skeleton tarantula, Ephebopus cyanognathus, the bluefang tarantula and Ephebopus uataman, the emerald skeleton tarantula. Some of those common names may not be quite what others call them, I haven't seen a lot of common names for the cyanognathus and the uataman.

Adrian
 
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