Tags: Arachnid.
Chaetopelma altugkadirorum is a small Old World tarantula. This species is found in the Eastern Mediterranean in border area of Turkey and Syria. The species closely resembles Chaetopelma olivaceum a widespread species in the region. It was first described by British arachnologists Richard C. Gallon Ray Gabriel and Guy Tansley in 2012. With the description of this new species the genus Chaetopelma now comprises five species.