Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Nesipelma

Nesipelma medium (Chamberlin, 1917)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2020-06-15
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001979]
  • Distribution: St. Kitts and Nevis (St. Kitts)
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; m (29968) (Sherwood et al., 2020)
  • Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; 1m 1f (29965, 29970) (Sherwood et al., 2020)
Taxonomic references
Cyrtopholis medius Chamberlin, 1917: 37, pl. 2, f. 4-6 (Dmf).
Cyrtopholis medius Smith, 1986b: 81, f. 32h (m).
Cyrtopholis medius Smith, 1987d: 81, f. 32h (m).
Nesipelma media Sherwood et al., 2020: 465 (T from Cyrtopholis).
References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Gabriel, R. & Lucas, S. M. (2020). Redescription of Nesipelma insulare Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996 with a revised generic diagnosis for Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996 and a transfer from Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(5): 462-467. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.462 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-06-15 Species updated Species epithet corrected (Old value)
2020-06-15 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2020 n/a
2020-06-15 Species transferred to new genus Sherwood et al., 2020 Species transferred from Cyrtopholis to Nesipelma