Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Aphonopelma

Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-01-17
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001770]
  • Distribution: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; f (Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019)
  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; m (29987) of Eurypelma latens (Gabriel, 2022)
  • Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; j (Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019)
  • Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; 1m 2f 2jf (51) of Eurypelma latens (Gabriel, 2022)
Taxonomic references
Eurypelma seemanni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 26, pl. 3, f. 1 (Df).
Aphonopelma seemanni Pocock, 1901c: 553.
Eurypelma latens Chamberlin, 1917: 52, pl. 3, f. 10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001742].
Eurypelma latens Kraus, 1955b: 10, f. 12-15 (m).
Eurypelma latens Bücherl, 1957: 393, f. 44-44a (m).
Aphonopelma seemanni Valerio, 1980b: 274, f. 4-5, 11-12 (Dm, f, T from Eurypelma = Avicularia).
Eurypelma latens Schmidt, 1986: 50, f. 53-58 (m).
Rhechostica seemanni Smith, 1986a: 22, f. 1-13 (f).
Eurypelma latens Smith, 1986b: 60, f. 75h (m).
Aphonopelma seemanni Smith, 1986b: 48, f. 23h (m).
Eurypelma latens Smith, 1987d: 60, f. 75h (m).
Aphonopelma seemanni Smith, 1987d: 48, f. 23h (m).
Aphonopelma seemanni Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 35, f. 30 (f).
Aphonopelma latens Schmidt, 1993d: 78, f. 170-175 (mf, T from Eurypelma = Avicularia).
Aphonopelma seemanni Smith, 1995: 141, f. 693-706 (mf).
Aphonopelma seemanni Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 42, f. 8 (f).
Aphonopelma latens Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 172-175, 181-182 (m).
Aphonopelma seemanni Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 180, 184 (mf).
Aphonopelma seemani Bertani, 2000: 30, f. 2, 19-20 (m).
Aphonopelma seemanni Peters, 2000a: 40, f. 111 (f).
Aphonopelma seemani Bertani, 2001: 320, f. 6-7, 28-31 (mf).
Aphonopelma seemanni Peters, 2003: 69, f. 271-273, 277-278 (mf).
Aphonopelma seemanni Schmidt, 2003f: 9, f. 1 (f).
Aphonopelma latens Schmidt, 2003l: 147, f. 252-257 (m).
Aphonopelma seemanni Schmidt, 2003l: 136, f. 192-194 (mf).
Aphonopelma seemanni Gabriel, 2011d: 160, f. 10-11 (f).
Aphonopelma seemanni Gabriel, 2022: 6, f. 1-15 (m, S of Aphonopelma latens).
References

Bertani, R. (2000). Male palpal bulbs and homologous features in Theraphosinae (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 28: 29-42. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bertani, R. (2001). Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other theraphosine genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 36(3): 265-356. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v36i3p265-356 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bücherl, W. (1957). Sôbre a importância dos bulbos copuladores e das apófises tibiais dos machos na sistemática das aranhas caranguejeiras (Orthognatha). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 29: 377-416. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

Gabriel, R. (2011d). A new species of Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 26: 157-166. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gabriel, R. (2022). A new synonymy in the genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 with notes on distribution, sexual dimorphism and colour variation in Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) and resurrection of the genus Dugesiella Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 37(2): 5-17. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hancock, K. & Hancock, J. (1989). Sex determination of immature theraphosid spiders from their cast skins. Published by the authors, Southminster, England, 61 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kraus, O. (1955b). Spinnen aus El Salvador (Arachnoidea, Araneae). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 493: 1-112. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. 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

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1897a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 1-40, pl. 1-3. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1901c). Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8(48): 540-555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1986). Vogelspinnen: Lebensweise, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Haltung und Zucht. Albrecht Philler, Minden, 126 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch, Hannover, 151 pp. 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

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003f). Amerikanische Bezeichnungen von Vogelspinnen. Tarantulas of the World 80: 5-12. 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

Smith, A. M. (1986a). Species file: Rhechostica seemanni (Cambridge, 1897). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 1: 22-26. 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

Valerio, C. E. (1980b). Arañas terafósidas de Costa Rica (Araneae: Theraphosidae). III. Sphaerobothria, Aphonopelma, Pterinopelma, Citharacanthus, Crypsidromus y Stichoplastus. Revista de Biología Tropical 28: 271-296. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-01-17 New taxonomic reference entry Gabriel, 2022 n/a
2023-01-17 Species synonymy Gabriel, 2022 Aphonopelma latens synonymized with Aphonopelma seemanni