Aphonopelma  

Aphonopelma is a genus of tarantulas, members of which are native to the Americas. It includes nearly all of the North American tarantulas north of Mexico and a considerable part of the tarantulas which range into Central America. Only a few species are described from South America. About 90 species have been described, but many, if not most, of these are inadequately studied and very little is known about them. Most are large and, like other New World tarantulas, they have urticating hairs. Most are docile in captivity. The taxonomy is poorly understood and species are difficult to tell apart, especially those that are brown or black without other pattern. In captivity they will eat crickets, in the wild they will eat most smaller insects. Most species found in the Southwestern United States have an adult leg span of 4.5 inches (11.5 cm), though some Arizona species have been known, on occasion, to just barely exceed 6 inches (16 cm).

The type species is Aphonopelma seemanni or Zebra Tarantula (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897), which has striped legs. This species produces silk from spinnerets on the feet as well as in the abdomen.^[1]

Species[edit]

List alphabetically.^[2]

• Aphonopelma aberrans (Chamberlin, 1917) — Chile
• Aphonopelma anax (Chamberlin, 1940) — USA
• Aphonopelma anitahoffmannae Locht et al., 2005 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma apacheum Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma armada (Chamberlin, 1940) — USA
• Aphonopelma arnoldi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma baergi Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma behlei Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma bicoloratum Struchen, Brändle & Schmidt, 1996 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma bistriatum (C. L. Koch, 1838) — Brazil
• Aphonopelma braunshausenii Tesmoingt, 1996 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma breenei Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma brunnius Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma burica Valerio, 1980 — Costa Rica
• Aphonopelma caniceps (Simon, 1891) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma chamberlini Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma chambersi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma clarki Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma clarum Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma coloradanum (Chamberlin, 1940) — USA
• Aphonopelma cookei Smith, 1995 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma cratium Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma crinirufum (Valerio, 1980) — Costa Rica
• Aphonopelma crinitum (Pocock, 1901) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma cryptethum Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma duplex (Chamberlin, 1925) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma echinum (Chamberlin, 1940) — USA
• Aphonopelma eustathes (Chamberlin, 1940) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma eutylenum Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma gabeli Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma geotoma (Chamberlin, 1937) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma gertschi Smith, 1995 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma griseum Chamberlin, 1940 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma gurleyi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma hageni (Strand, 1906) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma harlingenum (Chamberlin, 1940) — USA
• Aphonopelma helluo (Simon, 1891) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard, 1852) — USA
• Aphonopelma hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma heterops Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma hollyi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma iodius (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) — USA
• Aphonopelma iviei Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma joshua Prentice, 1997 — USA
• Aphonopelma jungi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma lanceolatum (Simon, 1891) — Nicaragua
• Aphonopelma latens (Chamberlin, 1917) — El Salvador, Nicaragua
• Aphonopelma levii Smith, 1995 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma lithodomum Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma marxi (Simon, 1891) — USA
• Aphonopelma minchi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma moderatum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) — USA
• Aphonopelma mojave Prentice, 1997 — USA
• Aphonopelma mooreae Smith, 1995 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma mordax (Ausserer, 1871) — USA
• Aphonopelma nayaritum Chamberlin, 1940 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma odelli Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma pallidum (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma paloma Prentice, 1993 — USA
• Aphonopelma pedatum (Strand, 1907) — Surinam
• Aphonopelma phanum Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma phasmus Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma platnicki Smith, 1995 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma prosoicum Chamberlin, 1940 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma punzoi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma radinum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) — USA
• Aphonopelma reversum Chamberlin, 1940 — USA
• Aphonopelma rothi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma rubropilosum (Ausserer, 1871) — Brazil
• Aphonopelma ruedanum Chamberlin, 1940 — Mexico
• Aphonopelma rusticum (Simon, 1891) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma sandersoni Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma schmidti Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma sclerothrix (Valerio, 1980) — Costa Rica
• Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) — Central America
• Aphonopelma serratum (Simon, 1891) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma smithi Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma stahnkei Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma steindachneri (Ausserer, 1875) — USA
• Aphonopelma stoicum (Chamberlin, 1925) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma sullivani Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma texense (Simon, 1891) — USA
• Aphonopelma truncatum (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) — Mexico
• Aphonopelma vogelae Smith, 1995 — USA
• Aphonopelma vorhiesi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) — USA
• Aphonopelma waconum (Chamberlin, 1940) — USA
• Aphonopelma wichitanum (Chamberlin, 1940) — USA
• Aphonopelma xanthochromum (Valerio, 1980) — Costa Rica
• Aphonopelma zionis Chamberlin, 1940 — USA

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