Theraphosidae, Avicularia rickwesti

Family: Theraphosidae

Subfamily: Aviculariinae

Female.

Barychelidae

The spiders from this family are called brush-footed trapdoor spiders, 

they dig tubelike burrows, completely lined with silk, 

then they build the trapdoor with silk and debris. 

Sometime they have more than one entrance. 

When they feels the vibration of a passing prey they rushes out, 

capture the prey and come back to the tube quickly .

Only the subfamily Trichopelmatinae is present on the island with two

genera, Trichopelma and Psalistops.

Trichopelma sp. 1 - Immature

Trichopelma sp. 2 - Immature

Trichopelma sp.3 - Female

Psalistops sp. 1 - Female

Psalistops sp. 1 - Male

Psalistops sp. 2 - Female

Miturgidae

The genus Syspira is not reported in Dominican Republic, I've found 

two species, the first one in 1988 and the second one in summer 2013.

They are very interesting and beautiful spiders.

The genus Teminius is represented with 3 species.

Syspira sp. 1 - South Region - Female

Male

Syspira sp. 2 - East Region - Female

Male

Teminius monticola - Female

Male

Araneidae

Araneidae

Mecynogea martiana (Archer, 1958) Cuba, Hispaniola

Female

Parawixia tredecimnotata F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904

Mexico to Belize, Greater Antilles

Male

Micrathena forcipata (Thorell, 1859) Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola

Female

Araneus sp.

Female

Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) USA to Peru, Galapagos Islands

Female

Neoscona sp. 1

Female

Neoscona sp. 2

Female