Hi all, i'm after a little help understanding whats happening with this genus at the moment.
Firstly - thorelli (Simon 1901) and schiodtei (Thorell 1891) - are these actually different species or the same species decribed by different individuals?
secondly - I've seen spiders being sold as Cyriopagopus sp "singapore blue" and the same spiders elsewhere being sold as Lampropelma violaceopes, are these one and the same? has this undescribed Cyriopagopus species officially been transfered to the genus lampropelma or was it dub'd "Cyriopagopus" initially because of the similarity to the genus and the untrained eye that made the hasty assumption or perhaps there is an undescribed Cyriopagopus species dub'd the "singapore blue" aswell as L.violaceopes??
from what i've seen and read to date my opinion is that C.thorelli and C.schiodtei are the same spider described at different times and by different people and Cyriopagopus sp. "singapore blue" and L.violaceopes again are the same spider, i'm probably wrong but i understand it this way. That being said its really bugging me and i wanna put this one to bed lol.
I expect this to be even more complicated than i have made it seem but i'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for me.
thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings.
Firstly - thorelli (Simon 1901) and schiodtei (Thorell 1891) - are these actually different species or the same species decribed by different individuals?
secondly - I've seen spiders being sold as Cyriopagopus sp "singapore blue" and the same spiders elsewhere being sold as Lampropelma violaceopes, are these one and the same? has this undescribed Cyriopagopus species officially been transfered to the genus lampropelma or was it dub'd "Cyriopagopus" initially because of the similarity to the genus and the untrained eye that made the hasty assumption or perhaps there is an undescribed Cyriopagopus species dub'd the "singapore blue" aswell as L.violaceopes??
from what i've seen and read to date my opinion is that C.thorelli and C.schiodtei are the same spider described at different times and by different people and Cyriopagopus sp. "singapore blue" and L.violaceopes again are the same spider, i'm probably wrong but i understand it this way. That being said its really bugging me and i wanna put this one to bed lol.
I expect this to be even more complicated than i have made it seem but i'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for me.
thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings.
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