Hemirrhagus grieta

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 grieta

Name

Hemirrhagus grieta (Gertsch, 1982)

Type locality: Entrada de Viento Alta (22º48'N, 98º22'W), Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Holotype: AMNH. female ♀. legit J. Jancewicz, D. Lowrey and S. Zeaman.

Synonymy

• Spelopelma grieta Gertsch, 1982: 89 (original combination)
• Hemirrhagus elliotti (Gertsch): Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003: 373

References

Primary references

• Gertsch, W.J. 1982. The troglobitic mygalomorphs of the Americas (Arachnida, Araneae). Association for Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin 8: 79–94. 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: Grieta Cave Tarantula