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Commonly Kept Tarantulas

The following is a list of genera of the most commonly collected tarantulas in the private owner community. Knowing at least one species from each genus will help you identify the different species that you encounter among private keepers. I encourage you to focus on learning genera and not species because you will cover a lot more ground than learning all the species of one genus.

  1. Acanthoscurria
  2. Aphonopelma
  3. Avicularia
  4. Brachypelma
  5. Bumba
  6. Ceratogyrus
  7. Chilobrachys
  8. Chromatopelma
  9. Euathlus
  10. Eucratoscelus
  11. Grammostola
  12. Hapalopus
  13. Haplocosmia
  14. Haplopelma
  15. Harpactira
  16. Heterothele
  17. Holthele
  18. Hysterocrates
  19. Lampropelma
  20. Lasiodora
  21. Megaphopelma
  22. Nhandu
  23. Ornithoctuonus
  24. Orphnaecus
  25. Pamphobeteus
  26. Pelinobius
  27. Phlogiellus
  28. Phlogius
  29. Phormictopus
  30. Poecilotheria
  31. Psalmopoeus
  32. Pterinochilus
  33. Selenocosmia
  34. Sericopelma
  35. Tapinauchenius
  36. Theraphosa
  37. Thrixopelma
  38. Vitalius
  39. Xenesthis

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