World Spider Catalog

Genus: Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Aphonopelma hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917)

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001734

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Described: j

Distribution: Mexico

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA j - (Sherwood, 2024b)

Taxonomic References

Eurypelma hespera Chamberlin, 1917: 54 (Dj) Original description

Aphonopelma hesperum Smith, 1995: 112, f. 412-415 (Tj from Eurypelma=Avicularia)

Aphonopelma hesperum Sherwood, 2024b: 199 (immature, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1995). Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 196 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-02	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sherwood, 2024b		Aphonopelma hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917) declared a nomen dubium
2025-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b