Brachypelma smithi

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae
Genus: Brachypelma
Species: Brachypelma smithi

Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)

Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Dos Arroyos.

Holotype: BMNH . juvenile ♂. BMNH 1143. BM1898.12.24.33.

• Eurypelma smithi Pickard-Cambridge, 1897: 20 (original combination)
• Brachypelma smithi (Pickard-Cambridge): Pocock, 1903: 103.
• Brachypelma annitha Tesmoingt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997: 9
  • Type locality unknown; species described from pet trade material. The type specimens were never deposited in a museum, according to the authors (M. Tesmoingt and F. Cleton, personal communication) and the MNHNP curator Christine Rollard. Thus, they are presumed to be lost.

• Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2017. Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species. Invertebrate Systematics 31(2): 157-179. DOI: 10.1071/IS16023. Reference page. 
• Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2020. Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 82–147. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz046 . Reference page. 
• Tesmoingt, M., Cleton, F. & Verdez, J.M. 1997. Description de Brachypelma annitha n. sp. et de Brachypelma hamorii n. sp. mâles et femelles, nouvelles espèces proches de Brachypelma smithi (Cambridge, 1897) du Mexique. Arachnides 32: 8–20. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N. I. 2008. Brachypelma smithi. The World Spider Catalog, version 18.0. American Museum of Natural History. Online.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Brachypelma smithi  (Near Threatened) (as Euathlus smithi). Downloaded on 08 December 2008.

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