| Thrixopelma | |
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| A juvenile female Thrixopelma ockerti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. ockerti Schmidt, 1994
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| Species | |
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Thrixopelma is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 1994.[2] They are medium to large tarantulas, usually being 35mm to 60mm in body length.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Schmidt, G. (1994). "Eine neue Vogelspinnenart aus Peru, Thrixopelma ockerti gen. et sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Arachnologisches Magazin. 2 (2): 3–8.
- ^ Sherwood, Danniella; Gabriel, Ray; Kaderka, Radan; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Brescovit, Antonio D. (2021). "Stabilizing a chaotic taxonomy: redescription and redefinition of the genera Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997 and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 18 (8). doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.893. Retrieved August 7, 2022.