Brachypelma smithi

Brachypelma smithi

Taxonavigation

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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 smithi

Name

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Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)

Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Dos Arroyos.

Holotype: BMNH . juvenile ♂. BMNH 1143. BM1898.12.24.33.

Synonyms

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  • Eurypelma smithi Pickard-Cambridge, 1897: 20 (original combination)
  • Brachypelma smithi (Pickard-Cambridge): Pocock, 1903: 103.
  • Brachypelma annitha Tesmoingt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997: 9
    • Type locality unknown; species described from pet trade material. The type specimens were never deposited in a museum, according to the authors (M. Tesmoingt and F. Cleton, personal communication) and the MNHNP curator Christine Rollard. Thus, they are presumed to be lost.

References

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  • Platnick, N. I. 2008. Brachypelma smithi. The World Spider Catalog, version 18.0. American Museum of Natural History. Online.
  • World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Brachypelma smithi  (Near Threatened) (as Euathlus smithi). Downloaded on 08 December 2008.

Vernacular names

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български: Мексиканска червеноколенеста тарантула
čeština: Sklípkan Smithův
Deutsch: Mexikanische Rotknie-Vogelspinne
English: Mexican Redknee Tarantula
español: Tarántula de anillos rojos
français: Mygale à genoux rouges
magyar: Mexikói vöröstérdű tarantula
italiano: Tarantola messicana
日本語: メキシカンレッドニータランチュラ
한국어: 멕시코붉은다리거미
Nederlands: Mexicaanse Roodknievogelspin
русский: Мексиканский красноколенный паук-птицеед
српски / srpski: Мексичка црвеноколена тарантула
Türkçe: Kırmızı bacaklı Meksika tarantulası
中文: 墨西哥红膝鸟蛛
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