Thrixopelma

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Thrixopelma ockerti Juvenile Female.jpg

| image_caption = A juvenile female Thrixopelma ockerti

| taxon = Thrixopelma

| authority = Schmidt, 1994

| type_species = T. ockerti

| type_species_authority = Schmidt, 1994

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 8, see text

}}

Thrixopelma is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 1994.{{cite journal| last=Schmidt| first=G.| year=1994| title=Eine neue Vogelspinnenart aus Peru, Thrixopelma ockerti gen. et sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)| journal=Arachnologisches Magazin| pages=3–8| volume=2| issue=2| author-link=Günter Schmidt (arachnologist)}} They are medium to large tarantulas, usually being 35mm to 60mm in body length.{{Cite journal |last1=Sherwood |first1=Danniella |last2=Gabriel |first2=Ray |last3=Kaderka |first3=Radan |last4=Lucas |first4=Sylvia M. |last5=Brescovit |first5=Antonio D. |date=2021 |title=Stabilizing a chaotic taxonomy: redescription and redefinition of the genera Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997 and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352977228 |access-date=August 7, 2022 |journal=Arachnology |volume=18 |issue=8 |doi=10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.893}}