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

Aphonopelma pallidum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001753

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico

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Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1898.12.24.34–37) - (Sherwood, 2019b)

Taxonomic References

Eurypelma pallidum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 21, pl. 1, f. 17-17c (Dm; f see Brachypelma albiceps) Original description

Euypelma pallidum Roewer, 1942a: 241 (S of Brachypelma albiceps, revalidated by Smith, 1995: 70)

Brachypelma pallidum Smith, 1986b: 50, f. 30h (m, T from Avicularia [per Raven, 1985a: 153])

Brachypelma pallidum Smith, 1987d: 50, f. 30h (m)

Aphonopelma pallidum Smith, 1993a: 14 (T from Euathlus [per Raven, 1985a: 150])

Aphonopelma pallidum Smith, 1995: 127, f. 549-559 (m)

Aphonopelma pallidum Peters, 2000a: 38, f. 102 (m)

Aphonopelma pallidum Peters, 2003: 63, f. 237-238, 242, 244 (m)

Aphonopelma pallidum Sherwood, 2019b: 576, f. 4, 10 (m, ocular tubercle, labium)

References

Peters, H.-J. (2000a). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 1. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 148 pp. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [[Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"]] -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1897a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 1-40, pl. 1-3. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2019b). Aphonopelma braunshausenii Tesmoingt, 1996 is a nomen dubium, with review of some historic morphological characters ineffective at species delineation (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 4657(3): 573-580. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.3.9 -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1993a). A new mygalomorph spider from Mexico (Brachypelma, Theraphosidae, Arachnida) Brachypelma baumgarteni Nsp. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 8(4): 14-19. -- 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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CITES (2020). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, https://cites.org with appendices of protected species. Retrieved February 9, 2020 from https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.

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
2019-08-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2019b