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Table 1. A in An extensive review of mutualistic and similar ecological associations involving tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with a new hypothesis on the evolution of their hirsuteness

  • 1. Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turku, Finland;
  • 2. Sooke, British Columbia, Canada;
  • 3. College of Sciences, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA & Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turku, Finland;

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Table 1. A list of mutualistic associations between theraphosids and anurans reported in the literature.

Theraphosid
Theraphosid speciessubfamilyAnuran speciesAnuran familyLocalityReference
Acanthoscurria sp.TheraphosinaeLeptodactylus bufonius Boulenger, 1894LeptodactylidaeYande Yari, Santa Cruz Department,Schalk and Sezano (2014)
Bolivia
Acanthoscurria sp.TheraphosinaeRhinella major (Müller and Hellmich,BufonidaeYande Yari, Santa Cruz Department,Schalk and Sezano (2014)
1936)Bolivia
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard,TheraphosinaeGastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)MicrohylidaeWaggoner County, Oklahoma, USADundee (1999)
1852)
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard,TheraphosinaeGastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)MicrohylidaeRedbud Nature Reserve, Rogers County,Yeary (1979); Dundee et al.
1852)Oklahoma, USA(2012)
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard,TheraphosinaeGastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)MicrohylidaeTulsa County, Oklahoma, USABlair (1936)
1852)
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard,TheraphosinaeGastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)MicrohylidaeFort Worth, Texas, USAHunt (1980)
1852)
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard,TheraphosinaeGastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook,MicrohylidaeKansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri,Dundee et al. (2012)
1852)1835)Louisiana, USA
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard,TheraphosinaeGastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)MicrohylidaeSouth Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma,Mulvany (1983)
1852)USA
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard,TheraphosinaeGastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)MicrohylidaeTwin Hills, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, Mulvany (1983)
1852)USA
Aphonopelma seemanni (F.O.TheraphosinaeEngystomops pustulosus (Cope, 1864)LeptodactylidaeTamarindo, Guanacaste Province, CostaHooijer (2005) (Figure 2B)
Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)Rica
Aphonopelma sp.TheraphosinaeEngystomops pustulosus (Cope, 1864)LeptodactylidaeCuitláhuac, Veracruz State and Temascal, Powell et al. (1984)
Oaxaca State, Mexico
Brachypelma auratum Schmidt,TheraphosinaeCraugastor occidentalis (Taylor, 1941)CraugastoridaeLos Reyes, Michoacán State, MexicoWest (2005)
1992
Ceratogyrus darlingi Pocock, 1897HarpactirinaeSclerophrys sp.BufonidaeIngwelala Reserve, Hoedspruit, South“Spider keeping frogs as pets”
Africa(2017) (Figure 4C)
Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915ThrigmopoeinaeMicrohyla sp.MicrohylidaeParambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala,Siliwal and Ravichandran
India(2008)
Nhandu carapoensisTheraphosinaeChiasmocleis albopunctata (Boettger,MicrohylidaeBalneario Pinamar, ParaguaríBascoulès and Smith (2021)
Lucas, 1983***1885)Department, Paraguay(Figure 2C)
Pamphobeteus sp.TheraphosinaeUndet.MicrohylidaeCerro Blanco, Guayaquil, EcuadorSamadi (2009)
Pamphobeteus sp.TheraphosinaeChiasmocleis royi Peloso et al., 2014MicrohylidaeLos Amigos Biological Station, Madre devon May et al. (2019)
Dios Region, Peru(Figure 5A, D)
Pamphobeteus sp.TheraphosinaeChiasmocleis ventrimaculata (Andersson, MicrohylidaePosada Amazonas Lodge, Tambopata,Csakany (2003)
1945)Madre de Dios Region, Peru
Pamphobeteus sp. *TheraphosinaeMicrohylidae

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Published as part of Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. & Lamar, William W., 2024, An extensive review of mutualistic and similar ecological associations involving tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with a new hypothesis on the evolution of their hirsuteness, pp. 1110 in Journal of Natural History 58 (29 - 32) on page 1110, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2382404, http://zenodo.org/record/13758139

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