hi there, i hope that someone can help

is there a list availible that can show me which T's are Old world and which new world?

and is there any way of telling the difference between old and new if you dont know what they are?

I think, not 100% sure thou, Asian species are old world and any American South and North species are new world...

Old world species don't have urticating hairs.

Most New World Species have urticating hairs but there are the few exceptions, like the Psalmopoeus species and Avicularia et cetera

Old World Tarantulas come from Asia, Africa, Australia and a very few parts of Europe

New World Species come from North and South America

Examples:

Stromatopelma calceatum (Old World)

Hysterocrates gigas (Old World)

Brachypelma boehmie (New World)

Grammostola pulchripes (New World)

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SPUD wrote: ... is there a list availible that can show me which T's are Old world and which new world? ...

Visit The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5 by Dr. Norman Platnick. It lists every species known to science. After each species' name are the countries that species is reported from. Platnick's list is updated about every six months, so it's pretty current.

If you don't recognize a country, Google the country's name. As others have already stated, the New World is North, Central, and South America with adjoining or associated islands.

The Old World is everyplace else except Antarctica (which is in a class by itself and of no interest to the tarantula hobby).

SPUD wrote: ... and is there any way of telling the difference between old and new if you dont know what they are?

No. Some people try to make rules of thumb to differentiate them, but then there are exceptions. Then exceptions to the exceptions. And, a third case that doesn't fit anywhere. Learn them by rote. It's easier that way! :lol:

Then Geography tries to confuse you as well.

Had a discussion the other day about where Tapinauchenius Gigas hails from.

They come from French Guiana, which sounds a lot like French Guinea (which was a French colonial possession in West Africa), but French Guiana is France's only stake in South America, which would make it NW.