8, see text Chaetopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.

[3] They are found in Africa, Europe, and Asia including the countries of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Sudan, Cameroon, and Iran.

[1] They can be distinguished from the other tarantula genera, except from Nesiergus, because the presence of clavate trichobothria in two rows on the tarsi.

Males have a tibial apophysis consisting of two branches, females having a long and slender spermatheca.

[4] As of November 2024[update] it contains eight species, found in Africa, the Balkans, Cyprus, and the Levant:[1] In synonymy: