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Aphonopelma caniceps

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Aphonopelma caniceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Aphonopelma
Species:
A. caniceps
Binomial name
Aphonopelma caniceps
(Simon, 1891)[1]

Aphonopelma caniceps is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in Mexico.[1] This species was first described as Eurypelma caniceps in 1891 by Eugène Simon,[2][3] and was transferred to the genus, Aphonopelma, in 1993 by Günter Schmidt.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hamilton, C.A.; Hendrixson, B.E. & Bond, J.E. (2016), "Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States", ZooKeys (560): 1–340, Bibcode:2016ZooK..560....1H, doi:10.3897/zookeys.560.6264, PMC 4768370, PMID 27006611
  2. ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Aphonopelma caniceps". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1891). "Liste des Aviculariides qui habitent le Mexique et l'Amérique centrale". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux (in French). 44: 336. ISSN 0365-6934. Wikidata Q106252142.
  4. ^ Schmidt, G. (1993). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch, Hannover, 151 pp.