Aphonopelma hentzi

Aphonopelma hentzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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

Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard, 1852)

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

Mygale hentzii Girard, 1853: 262 (original combination)
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard): Smith, 1995: 107
Dugesiella wichitana Chamberlin, 1940: 35
- Type locality: USA, Oklahoma, Wichita National Forest.
  - Holotype: OSUS. male ♂. 05.VII.1928. legit N.M. Newport.
Dugesiella coloradana Chamberlin, 1940: 35
- Type locality: USA, Colorado: Sugar City.
  - Holotype: OSUS. female ♀.
Dugesiella echina Chamberlin, 1940: 36
- Type locality: USA, Colorado: Arkansas Valley.
  - Holotype: OSUS. male ♂. 15.XI.1938
Dugesiella harlingena Chamberlin, 1940: 37
- Type locality: USA, Texas: Harlingen.
  - Holotype: OSUS. female ♀. legit Bryce Brown.
Dugesiella wacona Chamberlin, 1940: 38
- Type locality: USA, Texas: McLennan Co., Waco.
  - Holotype: Baylor University Museum collection. male ♂.

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

English: Texas Brown Tarantula

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