Aphonopelma hentzi

Aphonopelma hentzi

Aphonopelma hentzi

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 hentzi

Name

Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard, 1852)

Type locality: USA, southwestern Oklahoma, 34.309094 -98.396494 7, elev. 968ft.

Synonymy

• Mygale hentzii Girard, 1853: 262 (original combination)
• Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard): Smith, 1995: 107
• Dugesiella wichitana Chamberlin, 1940: 35 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 125) Common name Wichita Copper Head
  • Type locality: USA, Oklahoma, Wichita National Forest.
    • Holotype: OSUS. male ♂. 05.VII.1928. legit N.M. Newport.
• Dugesiella coloradana Chamberlin, 1940: 35 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 124) Common name Sugar City Brown.
  • Type locality: USA, Colorado: Sugar City.
    • Holotype: OSUS. female ♀.
• Dugesiella echina Chamberlin, 1940: 36 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 125) Common name Colorado Chocolate Brown
  • Type locality: USA, Colorado: Arkansas Valley.
    • Holotype: OSUS. male ♂. 15.XI.1938
• Dugesiella harlingena Chamberlin, 1940: 37 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 125) Common name Harlingen Chocolate Brown.
  • Type locality: USA, Texas: Harlingen.
    • Holotype: OSUS. female ♀. legit Bryce Brown.
• Dugesiella wacona Chamberlin, 1940: 38 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 125) Common name Waco Bronze
  • Type locality: USA, Texas: McLennan Co., Waco.
    • Holotype: Baylor University Museum collection. male ♂.
• Aphonopelma clarki Smith, 1995: 87 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 124) Common name Dallas Brown
  • Type locality: USA, Texas.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. BMNH 1959-1-25
• Aphonopelma gurleyi Smith, 1995: 104 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 125) Common name Moss Lake Foxy Legs.
  • Type locality: USA, Texas
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.
• Aphonopelma odelli Smith, 1995: 126 (synonymized by Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016: 125) Common name Oklahoma Ouachita Brown
  • Type locality: USA, Oklahoma, Arkansas.
    • Holotype: OSUS. female ♀. 13.VI.1979. legit D.C. Arnold.

References

• Nentwig, W. 2012: The species referred to as Eurypelma californicum (Theraphosidae) in more than 100 publications is likely to be Aphonopelma hentzi. Journal of arachnology, 40(1): 128–130. DOI: 10.1636/A11-69.1

Vernacular names

English: Texas Brown Tarantula