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Genus: Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Sericopelma commune F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002447

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Described:

Distribution: Panama

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1898.12.24.19–21) - (Sherwood et al., 2023f)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 2m (1898.12.24.19–21) - (Sherwood et al., 2023f)
Paratype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK 1m - (Sherwood et al., 2023f)

Taxonomic References

Sericopelma communis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 15, pl. 1, f. 11 (Dm) Original description

Sericopelma commune Smith, 1986b: 162, f. 80h (m)

Sericopelma commune Smith, 1987d: 162, f. 80h (m)

Sericopelma commune Smith, 1991b: 18, f. 15-17 (m, Df)

Sericopelma commune Schmidt, 2003l: 187, f. 485 (f)

Sericopelma commune Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 84 (probably misplaced)

References

Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S. J. (2015). Revised generic placement of Brachypelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 526: 75-104. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.526.6315 -- 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

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- 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. (1991b). Discussion paper: Euathlus mesomelas Cambridge 1892. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 7(2): 15-23. -- Show included taxa

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