Chaetopelma turkesi Topçu & Demircan, 2014
Description
Male
Prosoma dark brown, with dark radiating stripes. Prosoma length: 6.0 mm. Chelicerae: promargin with 9-10 teeth. Opisthosoma pale grey with brown pattern.
Body length male: 14.0 mmFemale
Prosoma light brown, with dark radiating stripes. Prosoma length: 7.0 mm. Chelicerae: promargin with 9-10 teeth. Opisthosoma pale grey with brown pattern.
Body length female: 21.0 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Topçu & Demircan 2014)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Topçu & Demircan 2014)
Tibial apophysis leg I, prolateral view
(Topçu & Demircan 2014)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Topçu & Demircan 2014)
Sternum
(Topçu & Demircan 2014)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Topçu & Demircan 2014)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 
Topçu A, Demircan N (2014) A new species of the genus Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 60: 267-271
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2