Brachypelma emilia

Brachypelma emilia

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 emilia

Name

Brachypelma emilia (White, 1856)

Type locality: Mexico, Durango, Ciudad.

Neotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit Forrer. BMNH-1898-12-24-32.

Synonymy

• Mygale emilia White, 1856: 185
• Brachypelma emilia (White): Smith, 1986: 49
• Eurypelma emilia (White): F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897: 19
• Euathlus emilia (White): Baxter, 1993: 72

References

Primary references

• White, A. 1856. Description of Mygale Emilia, a spider from Panama, hitherto apparently unrecorded. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 183–185, pl. XLIII. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

English: Mexican redleg or red-legged tarantula
Nederlands: Mexicaanse roodscheenvogelspin