Aphonopelma armada

Aphonopelma armada

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae
Tribe: Theraphosini
Genus: Aphonopelma
Species: Aphonopelma armada

Name

Aphonopelma armada (Chamberlin, 1940)

Type locality: Austin, Travis Co., Texas, 30.267153 -97.743061, elev. 461ft.

Holotype: AMNH. female ♀. IX.1909. legit A. Petrunkevitch.

Synonymy

• Dugesiella armada Chamberlin, 1940: 34 (original combination)
• Aphonopelma armada (Chamberlin): Smith, 1995: 74
• Aphonopelma arnoldi Smith, 1995: 74 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 38) Common name Crosbyton Grey
  • Type locality: Hwy 82 near Crosbyton, Crosby Co., Texas, 33.660017 -101.294644, elev. 3063ft.
    • Holotype: OSUS. male ♂. 17.VI.1963. legit P. Keathley.

References

Primary references

• Chamberlin, R.V. 1940. New American tarantulas of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the University of Utah 30(13): 1-39. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.560.6264 Reference page. 
• Smith, A.M. 1995. Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 196 pp. ISBN 095109399-1. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Austin Black Spot