For those of you that are on other forums/news websites etc.. please use this thread and update us on new species and new descriptions.

Thanks
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Here's a start -

Ferretti N., Pompozzi G., Copperi S., Pérez-Miles F. & Gonzales A., 2012. Mygalomorph spider community of a natural reserve in a hilly system in central Argentina. Journal of Science, vol. 12, article 31: 1-16.

Ferretti N., Pompozzi G. & Copperi S., 2012. Notes on egg-sacs and spiderlings of two species of Grammostola (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Central Argentina. Journal of British Tarantula Society, vol. 27 (2): 53-61.

Ferretti N., 2012. Notes from the Andean Patagonic forests in Northern Patagonia (argentina) field trip: Research on Andean Tarantulas. Journal of British Tarantula Society, vol. 27 (3): 76-85.

Foelix R. F., Rast B. & Peattie A. M., 2012. Silk secretion from tarantula feet revisited: alleged spigots are probably chemoreceptors. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215: 1084-1089.

Gabriel R., Hüsser M. & Ehrler R., 2012. Sphaerobothria hoffmanni Karsch 1879 a Species new to Panama (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Newsletter of Brtitish Arachnological Society, 123: 2-3.

Gonzales-Filho H. M. O., Lucas S. M., Dos S. Paula F., Indicatti R. & Brescovit A. D., 2012. On the taxonomy of Acanthoscurria Ausserer from Southeastern Brazil with Data on the Natural History of A. gomesiana Mello-Leitao (Araneae, Mygalomorpahe, Theraphosidae). International Journal of Zoology, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, vol. 2012, article ID 721793: 1-11.

Kimura T., Ono S. & Kubo T., 2012. Molecular Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the cDNAs Encoding Toxin-Like Peptides from the Venom Glands of Tarantula Grammostola rosea. International Journal of Zoology, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, vol. 2012, article ID 731293: 1-10.

Mendoza-Marroquín J. I., 2012. Bonnetina papalutlensis a new species of tarantula from Guerrero, Mexico, with notes on reproduction (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, Vol. 20: 57-62.

Mendoza-Marroquín J. I., 2012. Cotztetlana omiltemi, a new genus and species of tarantula from Guerrero, Mexico (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Arthropoda Scientia, 2-2012: 2-7.

Schmidt G., 2012. Bonnetina (Pachytheca) tanzeri subgen. et sp. n., eine bisher unbeschriebene Vogelspinnenart aus Mexico (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arthropoda Scientia, 2-2012: 21-28.

West, R. C., S. C. Nunn & S. Hogg. 2012. A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from West Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analyses and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299: 1–43.

Yamamoto F. U., Lucas S. M. & Brescovit A. D., 2012. Catanduba, a new Theraphosinae spider genus from Central Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa, 3172: 1-19.

Go check out Dimitri: giantspiders.com/Chaetopelma_altugkadirorum.pdf

Looks like Cyprus has tarantula species. One of the Chaetopelma are endemic to them