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Sale's Bromeliad spider

Cupiennius salei

Classification

Order
Araneae

Cupiennius salei, from the genus Cupiennius also commonly called the tiger bromeliad spider, which are large bodied, actively-hunting spiders that are part of the family Trechaleidae. In the mid-1950s it was realised that the spider is an ideal model for biological research because of their large size, predictable behaviour, and ease of breeding in laboratories. From an initial 1963 publication on its biological characteristics, their venom has also become one of the most studied among spiders, which now known to include complex Neurotoxins, such as cupiennins and CSTX.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 236