Aphonopelma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae
Tribe: Theraphosini
Genus: Aphonopelma
Species: A. anax – A. anitahoffmannae – A. armada – A. atomicum – A. bacadehuachi – A. belindae – A. bicoloratum – A. braunshausenii – A. burica – A. caniceps – A. catalina – A. chalcodes – A. chiricahua – A. cookei – A. crinirufum – A. crinitum – A. duplex – A. eustathes – A. eutylenum – A. gabeli – A. geotoma – A. gertschi – A. griseum – A. hageni – A. helluo – A. hentzi – A. hesperum – A. icenoglei – A. iodius – A. jacobii – A. johnnycashi – A. joshua – A. lanceolatum – A. latens – A. levii – A. madera – A. mareki – A. marxi – A. moderatum – A. moellendorfi – A. mojave – A. mooreae – A. nayaritum – A. pallidum – A. paloma – A. parvum – A. peloncillo – A. phasmus – A. platnicki – A. prenticei – A. prosoicum – A. ruedanum – A. saguaro – A. sclerothrix – A. seemanni – A. serratum – A. steindachneri – A. stoicum – A. superstitionense – A. truncatum – A. vorhiesi – A. xanthochromum – A. xwalxwal

Nomina dubia

Aphonopelma aberrans (Chamberlin, 1917: 51, pl. 4, f. 2 (j, Chile, originally in Eurypelma, see also Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1036, pl. VIII, f. 1-6, T here by Schmidt, 1993d: 78) [1] -- Gabriel, 2013: 33.
Aphonopelma baergi Chamberlin, 1940a: 19 (f, USA; see also Smith, 1995: 75, Peters, 2003: 113, Peters, 2005b: 43, and Rudloff, 2008b: 30) [2] -- Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 25.
Aphonopelma braunshausenii Tesmoingt, 1996c: 2, f. 1-15 (f, Mexico) (see also: Peters, 2000a: 27, f. 58, Peters, 2003: 40, f. 133) [3] -- Sherwood, 2019b: 574.
Aphonopelma californicum (Ausserer, 1871a: 214, m, USA, originally in Eurypelma, T to Dugisiella by Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 253, here by Schmidt, 1993d: 78) -- Smith, 1995: 80, (but see Smith, 1908a: 223, pl. 17, f. 1-2, Comstock, 1910: 166, f. 5-6 and Comstock, 1940: 109, f. 98; name used in many publications instead of Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard, 1852) per Nentwig, 2012).
Aphonopelma cratium Chamberlin, 1940a: 18, (mf, USA; see also Smith, 1995: 92) [4] -- Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 26.
Aphonopelma hollyi Smith, 1995: 114, f. 423-434 (m, USA) [5] -- Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 26.
Aphonopelma lamperti (Strand, 1907l: 38, m, from unknown locality, T from Eurypelma=Avicularia) -- Smith, 1995: 118.
Aphonopelma leiogaster (Ausserer, 1871a: 214, m, USA, T from Eurypelma=Avicularia) -- Smith, 1995: 118.
Aphonopelma mordax (Ausserer, 1871a: 211, pl. 1, f. 1-3 (m, USA), sub Eurypelma; see also Smith, 1995: 124, f. 518-523 (removed f from S of A. hentzi)) [6] -- Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 26.
Aphonopelma orthonops Chamberlin, 1940a: 29 (f, USA) -- Smith, 1995: 127.
Aphonopelma pedatum (Strand, 1907l: 44 (f, Suriname, originally in Eurypelma, T to Delopelma by Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 252) [7] -- Gabriel, 2013: 35.
Aphonopelma pseudoroseum (Strand, 1907l: 41, f, USA, originally in Eurypelma=Avicularia, T to Delopelma by Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 253) -- Smith, 1995: 131.
Aphonopelma radinum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939b: 4, f. 6, 10-11 (m, USA), sub Delopelma, see also Chamberlin, 1940a: 30, Smith, 1986b: 55, Smith, 1995: 132, Peters, 2003: 67, and Peters, 2005b: 31) [8] -- Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 27.
Aphonopelma rileyi (Marx, 1888b: 116, f, USA, originally in Eurypelma) -- Prentice, 1997: 145, 147 (but see Smith, 1995: 134, f. 630-634).
Aphonopelma rubropilosum (Ausserer, 1871a: 213, f, Brazil, originally in Eurypelma; see also Mygale avicularia C. L. Koch, 1842: 73, f. 737, mf, misidentified; Eurypelma r. Simon, 1892a: 167, f. 76; Pterinopelma r. Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 191, m; Eurypelma r. Bücherl, 1957: 393, f. 47-47c, m; Eurypelma r. Schmidt, 1986: 50, f. 61-63, m; A. r. Schmidt, 1993d: 80, f. 178-180, Tmf from Eurypelma=Avicularia, 1997g, 1998h: 19, f. 177, m, 2003l: 149, f. 258-260, m) [9] -- Gabriel, 2013: 35.
Aphonopelma rusticum (Simon, 1891g: 323 (m, Mexico), sub Eurypelma; see also F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 24, Pocock, 1901c: 553, Strand, 1916b: 89, Smith, 1986b: 48 (Tm from Eurypelma=Avicularia), Smith, 1987d: 48, and Smith, 1995: 137) [10] -- Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 27.
Aphonopelma sericeus (Ausserer, 1875: 169, j, Mexico, originally in Ischnocolus, T from Eurypelma=Avicularia) -- Smith, 1995: 143.
Aphonopelma texense (Simon, 1891g: 320 (m, USA), sub Homoeomma, see also Simon, 1892a: 162, Pérez-Miles, 1992: 29, Smith, 1995: 152, Pérez-Miles et al., 1996, Peters, 2000a: 42, and Peters, 2003: 74) [11] -- Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 28.

Name

Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901

Type species: Eurypelma seemanni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

gender: neuter

Synonyms

Apachepelma Smith, 1995 (synonymized by Prentice, 1997: 147)
- Type species: Aphonopelma paloma Prentice 1992
Chaunopelma Chamberlin, 1940 (synonymized by Raven, 1985: 151)
Delopelma Petrunkevitch, 1939 (synonymized by Raven, 1985: 151)
Dugesiella Pocock, 1901 (synonymized by Raven, 1985: 152)
Gosipelma Chamberlin, 1940 (synonymized by Raven, 1985: 153)
Rhechostica Simon, 1892 (synonymized by Raven, 1985: 149)

References

Primary references

Pocock, R.I. 1901. Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8: 540-555. Reference page.

Additional references

Gertsch, W.J. 1971. A Report on Some Mexican Cave Spiders. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 4: 47–111. PDF. Reference page.
Hamilton, C.A., Hendrixson, B.E. & Bond, J.E. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States. ZooKeys 560: 1–340. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.560.6264 Reference page.
Hamilton, C.A., Hendrixson, B.E. & Bringas, K.S. 2024. Discovery of a new tarantula species from the Madrean Sky Islands and the first documented instance of syntopy between two montane endemics (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aphonopelma): a case of prior mistaken identity. ZooKeys 1210: 61–98. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.125318 Reference page.
Hendrixson, B.E. 2019. A new species of Aphonopelma (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from the Madrean pine-oak woodlands of northeastern Sonora, Mexico. Zootaxa 4688(4): 519–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.4.4 . Reference page.
Sherwood, D. 2019. Aphonopelma braunshausenii Tesmoingt, 1996 is a nomen dubium, with review of some historic morphological characters ineffective at species delineation (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 4657(3): 573–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.3.9. Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [12]