Revised generic placement of Brachypelmaembrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelmaangustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)
Author
Gabriel, Ray
Author
Longhorn, Stuart J.
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ZooKeys
2015
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75
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6315
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6315
1313-2970-526-75
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Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Theraphosidae
Sericopelma panamanum (Karsch, 1880)
stat. rev.
Theraphosa panamana
Karsch, 1880: 84 (D male).
Sericopelma panamana
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 16.
Sericopelma rubronitens
Simon, 1892: 159 (S, here considered misplaced in this species).
Type.
Male (1 male holotype, ZMB 2394 BERLIN):
Remarks.
Simon (1892)
makes no clear justification why
Karsh's
Theraphosa panamana
from
Chiriqui
should be synonymous with
Sericopelma rubronitens
, only referring to similarities in eye pattern and absence of tibial spurs in
Karsh's
description against another non-type male specimen in the Paris collection, which he had assigned as
Sericopelma rubronitens
. Our re-examination of the type specimen confirmed its designation as a
Sericopelma
sp., but not its synonymy with
Sericopelma rubronitens
, which is here reversed.
Distribution.
Only known from type locality,
Chiriqui
=
Chiriqui
, Provincia de
Chiriqui
,
Republica
de
Panama
.