Sericopelma angustum

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: Sericopelma
Species: Sericopelma angustum

Name

Sericopelma angustum (Valerio, 1980)

Type locality: Costa Rica, provincia de Alajuela, San Carlos, San Pedra de Arenal.

Holotype: UCR. female ♀. UCR-433

Synonyms

• Brachypelma angusta Valerio, 1980: 269 (original combination)
• Sericopelma angustum (Valerio): Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 81

References

Primary references

• Valerio, C.E. 1980. Arañas terafosidas de Costa Rica (Araneae, Theraphosidae). I. Sericopelma y Brachypelma. Brenesia 18: 259–288. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S.J. 2015. Revised generic placement of Brachypelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Zookeys 526: 75–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.526.6315 Full article Reference page. 

Links

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