Taxon details
Brachypelma emilia (White, 1856)
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2020-02-27
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001859]
- Distribution: Mexico
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- Neotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; m (1898-12-24-32) (Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019)
Brachypelma aemilia Simon, 1891f: 338 (Dmf).
Eurypelma emilia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 19, pl. 2, f. 5 (m).
Brachypelma emilia Smith, 1986b: 49, f. 27h (Tmf from Eurypelma=Avicularia).
Brachypelma emilia Smith, 1987d: 49, pl. 2, f. 27h (m).
Brachypelma emilia Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 46, f. 41 (f).
Brachypelma emilia Schmidt, 1992a: 10 (Tmf from Euathlus per Raven).
Euathlus emilia Baxter, 1993: 72, f. 19-20 (f).
Brachypelma emilia Schmidt, 1993d: 82, f. 188 (f).
Brachypelma emilia Smith, 1995: 166, f. 901-915 (mf).
Brachypelma emilia Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 46, f. 9-10 (mf).
Brachypelma emilia Tesmoingt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997a: 9, pl. 2, f. 6 (f).
Brachypelma emilia Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 191, 193 (mf).
Brachypelma emilia Locht, Yáñez & Vázquez, 1999: 196, f. 7 (f).
Brachypelma emilia Peters, 2000a: 68, f. 222 (f).
Brachypelma emilia Bertani, 2001: 338, f. 153-156 (mf).
Brachypelma emilia Peters, 2003: 117, f. 473-474, 477, 480, 483 (mf).
Brachypelma emilia Schmidt, 2003l: 152, f. 274-277 (mf).
Brachypelma emilia Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 100, f. 13 (f).
Brachypelma emilia Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 112, f. 23A-G, 24A-D, 25A-F, 26A-C, 36E-H (mf).
Baxter, R. N. (1993). Keeping and breeding tarantulas. Chudleigh Publishing, Ilford, Essex, UK, 89 pp. 
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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 -- Show included taxa
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 -- 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. -- Show included taxa
Locht, A., Yáñez, M. & Vázquez, I. (1999). Distribution and natural history of Mexican species of Brachypelma and Brachypelmides (Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae) with morphological evidence for their synonymy. Journal of Arachnology 27: 196-200. -- Show included taxa
Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. (2020). Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(1): 82-147. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz046 -- 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. -- Show included taxa
Peters, H.-J. (2000a). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 1. Published by the author, 148 pp. -- 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"] -- 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] -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1992a). Brachypelma Simon 1890 oder Euathlus Ausserer 1875? (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 3(1): 9-11. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch, Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- 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. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- 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
Tesmoingt, M., Cleton, F. & Verdez, J. M. (1997a). Description de Brachypelma annitha n. sp. et de Brachypelma hamorii n. sp. mâles et femelles, nouvelles espèces proches de Brachypelma smithi (Cambridge, 1897) du Mexique. Arachnides 32: 8-20. -- Show included taxa
White, A. (1856). Description of Mygale Emilia, a spider from Panama, hitherto apparently unrecorded. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 183-185, pl. 43. (reprinted in Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (2) 19: 406-407, 1857) doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1856.tb00340.x -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-27 | Species distribution update | Mendoza & Francke, 2020 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2020-02-27 | New taxonomic reference entry | Mendoza & Francke, 2020 | n/a |
| 2019-08-17 | Species distribution update | Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2015-11-06 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015 | n/a |