Brachypelma hamorii

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
Genus: Brachypelma
Species: Brachypelma hamorii

Name

Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoingt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997

Type locality: Mexico: Colima, Mpio. Tecoman.

Neotype: CNAN. male ♂. 05.XII.2013. legit D. Barrales, G. Contreras, D. Ortiz. CNAN-T0900. (neotype designated by Mendoza Marroquín & Francke, 2017: 167)

Note:

The type specimens were never deposited in a museum and, according to the authors (pers. comm.), and to MNHNP curator Christine Rollard, they are lost.

References

Primary references

Tesmoingt, M., Cleton, F. & Verdez, J.M. 1997. Description de Brachypelma annitha n. sp. et de Brachypelma hamorii n. sp. mâles et femelles, nouvelles espèces proches de Brachypelma smithi (Cambridge, 1897) du Mexique. Arachnides 32: 8–20. Reference page.

Additional references

Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2017. Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species. Invertebrate Systematics 31(2): 157-179. DOI: 10.1071/IS16023. Reference page.
Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2020. Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 82–147. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz046 . Reference page.