Annandaliella

Annandaliella is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Arthur Stanley Hirst in 1909.^[2] As of December 2019^[update] it contains three species endemic to India: A. ernakulamensis, A. pectinifera, and A. travancorica.^[1] They are selenogyrid tarantulas, meaning they have a stridulating organ on the inner side of the chelicerae.^[3]

Annandaliella
Annandaliella travancorica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Selenogyrinae
Genus:	Annandaliella Hirst, 1909[1]
Type species
A. travancorica Hirst, 1909
Species
A. ernakulamensis Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2008 – India A. pectinifera Gravely, 1935 – India A. travancorica Hirst, 1909 – India

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished from other genera by the row of spines found in the inner side of the celicerae found in males, used for stridulation. Their feet of leg 1 is slender, and the division of their tarsal scopula is practically obsolete in males.^[3]

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species