Hemirrhagus reddelli

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: Hemirrhagus
Species: Hemirrhagus reddelli

Name

Hemirrhagus reddelli (Gertsch, 1973)

Type locality: Cueva del Nacimiento del Rio San Antonio, Oaxaca, Mexico (16º58'N, 95º31'W).

Holotype: AMNH. female ♀. 09.III.1973. legit J. Reddell, S. Murphy, D. & M. McKenzie, M. Butterwick.

Synonymy

• Spelopelma reddelli Gertsch, 1973: 143 (original combination)
• Spelopelma reddelli (Gertsch): Gertsch, 1982: 91
• Hemirrhagus puebla (Gertsch): Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003: 373

References

Primary references

• Gertsch, W.J. 1973. A report on cave spiders from Mexico and Central America. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 5: 141–163. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pérez-Miles, F. & Locht, A. 2003. Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(8): 365–375. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Nacimiento Cave Tarantula