Cryptic's Mausoleum

[CrypticSpider]

OK. There is arguing going on about the tax. of these spiders... so... I will include the names that are being argued about.

Aphonopelma seemanni 'BCF'... Aphonopelma sp "Guatemala"... Aphonopelma sp 'Blue'....

I was told by a top name in the hobby to use the "Aphonopelma sp 'Guatemala' " until it is decided and published the final decision of the name for these.

@Derrick - Here's the blue spider I promised you.

Few more pix in my albums.

 

[CrypticSpider]

I forgot that @plessey is a member here.... perhaps he can shed some light on any info about the above spider.

 

[Derrick]

I have two seemanni's so their are 3 different species of this?

 

[plessey]

I've never really been interested in these but from what I remember with speaking with Stuart Longhorn about them, Aphonopelma sp. Guatemala is the correct name (although there may be 2 species called this). Aphonopelma seemanni do not have the diagonal stripe on the metatarsus. Iirc Ray Gabriel did an article about these in the BTS journal last year. I'll have a look later when I'm not at work.

 

[plessey]

Found it - Gabriel, R. 2014. Aphonopelma seemanni (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897) Blue form - Fact and fiction, (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society, 29 (2): 94-97.

Basically it says the Aphonopelma seemanni "blue" is a separate species rather than just a colour form and should be labelled as Aphonopelma sp. "Guatemala striped legs" (to distinguish it from any other Guatemalan species being imported). Also a paper is in preparation by Ray Gabriel and Stuart Longhorn to describe this blue species.

So nothing new to add to the conversation I'm afraid but at least my memory isn't as bad as I thought it was.

 

[RedCapTrio]

Brachypelma auratum.

Wow, I finally see someone posting their auratum in high def. Mine is definitely male then.

 

[CrypticSpider]

Found it - Gabriel, R. 2014. Aphonopelma seemanni (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897) Blue form - Fact and fiction, (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society, 29 (2): 94-97.

Basically it says the Aphonopelma seemanni "blue" is a separate species rather than just a colour form and should be labelled as Aphonopelma sp. "Guatemala striped legs" (to distinguish it from any other Guatemalan species being imported). Also a paper is in preparation by Ray Gabriel and Stuart Longhorn to describe this blue species.

So nothing new to add to the conversation I'm afraid but at least my memory isn't as bad as I thought it was.

@plessey - Thank you so much for that info. The one who told me about using 'Guatemala' for now also was told this from Stuart. That a paper will be done is awesome, and I can't wait to see it.

@Derrick - Like plessey, I don't 'get into' this species either altho they are beautiful. To my eyes you have a 'normal' A. seemanni, but take this with a grain of salt due to my lack of knowledge on these. It's a beauty too!