Hemirrhagus stygius

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
Genus: Hemirrhagus
Species: Hemirrhagus stygius

Name

Hemirrhagus stygius (Gertsch, 1971)

Type locality: Cueva de los Potrerillos, lY2 km W of Ahuacatlim, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Holotype: AMNH. Immature holotype of uncertain sex. 12.VII.1967. legit J. Reddell, J. Fish & W. Russel.

Synonyms

• Aphonopelma stygia Gertsch, 1971 (original combination).
• Hemirrhagus stygius (Gertsch, 1971): Mendoza, 2014: 667

References

Primary references

• Gertsch, W.J. 1971. A Report on Some Mexican Cave Spiders. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 4: 47–111. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mendoza Marroquín, J.I. 2014. Taxonomic revision of Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with description of five new species from Mexico. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 634–689. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12112 . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pozo Cave Tarantula