Aphonopelma seemanni

Aphonopelma seemanni

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: Aphonopelma seemanni

Name

Aphonopelma seemanni (Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Type locality: Costa Rica, Prov. Puntarenas, Río Incendio La Vaca (= Cantón Golfito), cerca de frontera Panamana.

Holotype: MIUCR. female ♀. 02.VII.1979. legit P. Siegfried. MIUCR-560/1149.

Synonyms

• Eurypelma seemanni Pickard-Cambridge, 1897: 26 (protonym)
• Aphonopelma seemanni (Pickard-Cambridge): Pocock, 1901: 553.
• Rhechostica seemanni (Pickard-Cambridge): Smith, 1986: 22

References

Primary references

• Pickard-Cambridge, F.O. 1897. Arachnida Araneida and Opiliones. Vol. II. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London: 1–40. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Longhorn, S.J. & Gabriel, R. 2019. Revised taxonomic status of some Mexican and Central American tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with transfers from Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901, and a new genus from the Pacific lowlands of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Arachnology 18(2): 101–120. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.101 Reference page. 

Links

• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gestreifte Guatemala-Vogelspinne
English: Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula