Hemirrhagus elliotti

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 elliotti

Name

Hemirrhagus elliotti (Gertsch, 1973)

Type locality: Cueva de la Laguna (24º52'N, 100º13'W), San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Holotype: AMNH. female ♀. 20.V.1972. legit W. Elliot, P. Lynn and R. M. McEachern.

Synonymy

• Schizopelma elliotti Gertsch, 1973: 144 (original combination)
• Spelopelma elliotti (Gertsch): Gertsch, 1982: 91
• Hemirrhagus elliotti (Gertsch): Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003: 372

References

Primary references

• Gertsch, W.J. 1973. A report on cave spiders from Mexico and Central America. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 5: 141–163. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pérez-Miles, F. & Locht, A. 2003. Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(8): 365–375. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Laguna Cave Tarantula