Taxon details


Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard, 1852)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2019-08-21
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001733]
  • Distribution: USA
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; f (1959.1.2) of Aphonopelma clarki (Sherwood, 2019b)
Taxonomic references
Mygale hentzii Girard, 1853: 262, pl. 16, f. 1-3 (Dmf; N.B.: this description reprinted twice in 1854: House p. 233, Senate p. 251).
Eurypelma hentzi Simon, 1891f: 322.
Dugesiella hentzi Banks, Newport & Bird, 1932: 34.
Dugesiella coloradana Chamberlin, 1940a: 35 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001715].
Dugesiella echina Chamberlin, 1940a: 36 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001722].
Dugesiella harlingena Chamberlin, 1940a: 37 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001731].
Dugesiella wacona Chamberlin, 1940a: 38 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001782].
Dugesiella wichitana Chamberlin, 1940a: 35 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001783].
Aphonopelma clarki Smith, 1995: 87, f. 211-230 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001713].
Aphonopelma coloradanum Smith, 1995: 90, f. 238-244 (f).
Aphonopelma echinum Smith, 1995: 96, f. 289-298 (m).
Aphonopelma gurleyi Smith, 1995: 104, f. 359-367 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001729].
Aphonopelma harlingenum Smith, 1995: 106, f. 378-383 (f).
Aphonopelma hentzi Smith, 1995: 107, f. 393-411 (mf).
Aphonopelma odelli Smith, 1995: 126, f. 543-548 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001752].
Aphonopelma waconum Smith, 1995: 156, f. 832a-832i (m).
Aphonopelma wichitanum Smith, 1995: 157, f. 833-841 (m).
Aphonopelma hentzi Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 178-179 (m).
Aphonopelma clarki Peters, 2000a: 31, f. 72 (f).
Aphonopelma hentzi Peters, 2000a: 31, f. 73, 93-94 (mf).
Aphonopelma clarki Peters, 2003: 48, f. 164, 167, 170, 173 (mf).
Aphonopelma hentzi Peters, 2003: 55, f. 204, 207-208 (mf).
Aphonopelma hentzi Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 124, f. 50, 51A-I, 52A-E, 53A-I, 54A-F, Suppl. material 4 (mf, S of Aphonopelma clarki, A. coloradanum, A. echinum, A. gurleyi, A. harlingenum, A. odelli, A. waconum and A. wichitanum).
Aphonopelma hentzi Sherwood, 2019b: 576, f. 2, 8 (f, ocular tubercle, labium).
References

Banks, N., Newport, N. M. & Bird, R. D. (1932). Oklahoma spiders. Publications of the Oklahoma Biological Survey 4(1): 7-49. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, R. V. (1940a). New American tarantulas of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the University of Utah 30(13): 1-39. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Girard, C. (1853). Arachnidians. In: Marcy, R. (ed.) Natural History of the Red River of Louisiana. Washington, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Appendix F (Zoology), 262-271. [reprinted twice in 1854: 33rd Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, 233-242; and 33rd Congress, 1st Session, Senate, 251-261] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hamilton, C. A., Hendrixson, B. E. & Bond, J. E. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States. ZooKeys 560: 1-340. [Supplementary material] doi:10.3897/zookeys.560.6264 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000a). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 1. Published by the author, 148 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2019b). Aphonopelma braunshausenii Tesmoingt, 1996 is a nomen dubium, with review of some historic morphological characters ineffective at species delineation (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 4657(3): 573-580. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4657.3.9 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1891f). Liste des espéces de la famille des Aviculariidae qui habitent le Mexique et l'Amérique du Nord. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 44(1890): 307-339. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1995). Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 196 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2019-08-21 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, 2019b n/a
2016-03-10 New taxonomic reference entry Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 n/a
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma wichitanum synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma waconum synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma odelli synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma harlingenum synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma gurleyi synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma echinum synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma coloradanum synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi
2016-03-10 Species synonymy Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 Aphonopelma clarki synonymized with Aphonopelma hentzi