Soil Preference and Burrow Characteristics of Two Theraphosidae Species in Penang Island, Malaysia

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  Soil Preference and Burrow Characteristics of Two Theraphosidae Species in Penang Island, Malaysia Abstract Tarantulas play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance by regulating insect populations. However, little is known about the soil preferences and burrow structures of tarantulas in Malaysia. This study aims to determine the soil preference as well as the burrow structure of  Coremiocnemis cunciularia  and  Chilobrachys andersoni  from Penang Island. The soil characteristics of the soil samples collected around the burrows of  Coremiocnemis cunciularia  (n = 30) and  Chilobrachys andersoni  (n = 30) were determined using soil texture analysis. The measurements and burrow structures from adults and juveniles of  Coremiocnemis cunciularia  and  Chilobrachys andersoni  were determined. It was revealed that the moisture content and clay percentage in the soil samples around burrows of  Chilobrachys anderso...

DISTRIBUCIÓN EN PANAMÁ DE Actinopus robustus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) (ARANEAE -ACTINOPODIDAE): MÁS ALLÁ DE LA LOCALIDAD TIPO

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DISTRIBUCIÓN EN PANAMÁ DE Actinopus robustus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) (ARANEAE -ACTINOPODIDAE): MÁS ALLÁ DE LA LOCALIDAD TIPO

ABSTRACT

An actualization of theknown distribution of Actinopus robustus(O.  Pickard-Cabridge,  1892)  within  Panama  is  reported  for  first  time  using museum  samples  stored  at  the  G.  B.  Fairchild  Invertebrate  Museum  of  the Universidad de Panamá. A total of five newlocalities is reported, together with the possible location at La Palma, in the province of Darien.

Garrido Trujillo,A., Díaz Quirós, D., Wilkie Wilson, E., Rivera, J.  A.y Ábrego  L.,  J.2024. Distribución  en Panamá    de Actinopus robustus    (O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Araneae-Actinopodidae):  Más  allá  de  la localidad tipo. Mesoamericana 26(1): 15-19