Taxon details
Aphonopelma hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917)
- Rank: Species
- Status: nomen dubium
- Described: j
- Last updated: 2025-01-02
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001734]
- Distribution: Mexico
- External Resources *:
- Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; j (Sherwood, 2024b)
Aphonopelma hesperum Smith, 1995: 112, f. 412-415 (Tj from Eurypelma=Avicularia).
Aphonopelma hesperum Sherwood, 2024b: 199 (immature, unidentifiable, nomen dubium).
Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. 
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Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi:10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1995). Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 196 pp. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-02 | Taxon is nomen dubium | Sherwood, 2024b | Aphonopelma hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917) declared a nomen dubium |
| 2025-01-02 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood, 2024b | n/a |