[3] The genus is found in China, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Pakistan.

[1] They are commonly referred to as whistling or barking spiders, due to their ability to stridulate using lyra hairs.

[4] In a 2022 paper it was stated that "They can be distinguished from all other tarantula genera by the reduced and shallow apical keel.

There is also an absence of dense tufts of retrolateral bristlelike hairs on the tibia and metatarsus of the fourth leg.

As of July 2022[update] the genus contains thirty-six species and four subspecies, found in Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea:[1] Formerly included: Nomina dubia