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Mexican Tarantulas
Tarantula Biodiversity in Mexico
Mexico holds the second place for the number of tarantula species in the world, and it very well could get the first place, but there have been only very few people undertaking the task of describing all tarantulas native to this country, making it highly unlikely that all species have already been discovered and described. Currently, there are 66 species described for the Mexican territory.
This is a list by genus, according to the latest catalog, version 10.0, by Norman I. Platnick, that you can look up in The World Spider Catalog.
Enlisting by genus would be the following:
Photograph available where there is a link on the name.
Aphonopelma
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anitahoffmannae Locht et al., 2005
bicoloratum Struchen, Brändle & Schmidt, 1996
braunshausenii Tesmoingt, 1996
caniceps (Simon, 1891)
cookei Smith, 1995
crinitum (Pocock, 1901)
duplex (Chamberlin, 1925)
eustathes (Chamberlin, 1940)
geotoma (Chamberlin, 1937)
gertschi Smith, 1995
griseum Chamberlin, 1940
hageni (Strand, 1906)
helluo (Simon, 1891)
hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917)
levii Smith, 1995
mooreae Smith, 1995
nayaritum Chamberlin, 1940
pallidum (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)
platnicki Smith, 1995
ruedanum Chamberlin, 1940
rusticum (Simon, 1891)
serratum (Simon, 1891)
stoicum (Chamberlin, 1925)
truncatum (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) |
Avicularia
Bonnetina
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alagoni Locht & Medina, 2008
cyaneifemur Vol, 2000 *
rudloffi Vol, 2001
papalutlensis (recién descrita por Jorge I. Mendoza) |
Brachypelma
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albiceps Pocock, 1903
annitha Tesmoingt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997
auratum Schmidt, 1992
baumgarteni Smith, 1993
boehmei Schmidt & Klaas, 1993
emilia (White, 1856) *
epicureanum (Chamberlin, 1925)
hamorii Tesmoingt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997
kahlenbergi Rudloff, 2008
klaasi (Schmidt & Krause, 1994)
schroederi Rudloff, 2003
smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)
vagans (Ausserer, 1875)
verdezi Schmidt, 2003
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Citharacanthus
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longipes (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) * |
Clavopelma
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tamaulipeca (Chamberlin, 1937) * |
Cyclosternum
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macropus (Ausserer, 1875)
obscurum Simon, 1891
palomeranum West, 2000 |
Hapalopus
Hemirrhagus
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cervinus (Simon, 1891) *
chilango Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003
coztic Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003
elliotti (Gertsch, 1973)
eros Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003
gertschi Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003
grieta (Gertsch, 1982)
mitchelli (Gertsch, 1982)
nahuanus (Gertsch, 1982)
ocellatus Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003
papalotl Pérez-Miles & Locht, 2003
pernix (Ausserer, 1875)
puebla (Gertsch, 1982)
reddelli (Gertsch, 1973)
stygius (Gertsch, 1971) |
Metriopelma
Schizopelma
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bicarinatum F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 *
sorkini Smith, 1995 |
Biologist Arturo Locht also reported the presence of Aphonopelma semmani (F. O. P. – Cambridge, 1897) in the south of Mexico.
According to Platnick’s catalog these are the only tarantulas described for Mexico. However, this is not accurate, since there are biologists, such as Arturo Locht, Jorge I. Mendoza, Rick West, myself, and others, who have found species other than those already described, and also others that are in the process of being described. This is why I also present photographs of Mexican tarantulas not included in the catalog, but can be found in Mexican territory. These are pictures taken of tarantulas from other countries that we have at the UMA, and pictures shared by other people with their names.
Here, you can read a very important essay written by Rick West about the genus Brachypelma in Mexico.
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Aphonopelma
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| Aphonopelma anitahoffmannae |
Aphonopelma anitahoffmannae male |
Aphonoplema anitahoffmannae |
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| Aphonopelma bicoloratum |
Aphonopelma crinitum |
Aphonopelma mooreae |
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| Aphonopelma serratum |
Aphonopelma semanni |
Aphonopelma semanni male |
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| Aphonopelma sp |
Aphonopelma sp |
Aphonopelma sp |
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| Aphonopelma stoicum |
Aphonopelma truncatum male |
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| Bonnetina |
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| Bonnetina alagoni |
Bonnetina alagoni |
Bonnetina cyaneifemur |
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| Bonnetina papalutlensis |
Bonnetina rudloffi |
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| Brachypelma |
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| Brachypelma albiceps |
Brachypelma annitha |
Brachypelma auratum |
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| Brachypelma auratum male |
Brachypelma baumgarteni |
Brachypelma boehmei |
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| Brachypelma emilia |
Brachypelma emilia male |
Brachypelma epicueranum |
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| Brachypelma epicueranum male |
Brachypelma kahlenbergi |
Brachypelma klaasi |
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| Brachypelma klaasi male |
Brachypelma schroederi |
Brachypelma smithi |
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| Brachypelma smithi male |
Brachypelma vagans |
Brachypelma vagans male |
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| Brachypelma verdezi |
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| Citharacanthus |
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| Citharacanthus longipes |
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| Crassicrus |
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| Crassicrus lamanai |
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| Cyclosternum |
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| Cyclostemum sp |
Cyclostemum sp |
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| Hapalopus |
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| Hapalopus aldanus |
Hapalopus aldanus male |
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| Hemirrhagus |
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| Hemirrhagus reddelli |
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| Psalmopoeus |
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| Psalmopoeus sp |
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| Schizopelma |
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| Schizopelma bicarinatum |
Schizopelma sp. |
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