Chromatopelma genus

[Kirdec]

I was wondering how many species there's in this genus, except the cyaneopubescens ?

[Michael Olsinia]

Just that one I'm afraid

http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERAPHOSIDAE.html

[Kirdec]

im not sure to understand, theres some species of Chromatopelma that been discovered by Schmidt and Peters ?


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Gen. Chromatopelma Schmidt, 1995

C. Schmidt, 1995f: 25, type Avicularia cyaneopubescens (Strand, 1907).

mf cyaneopubescens (Strand, 1907) *....................Venezuela
Eurypelma c. Strand, 1907l: 35 (Dmf).
Delopelma c. Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 252.
C. cyanopubescens Schmidt, 1995f: 25 (Tmf from Eurypelma=Avicularia per Roewer).
C. c. Schmidt & Herzin, 1997: 12, f. 1-2 (m).
C. c. Schmidt, 1997g, 1998h: 15, f. 23-24 (m).
C. cyanopubescens Vol, 1999a: 11, f. C (f).
C. cyanopubescens Schmidt, 2000a: 11, f. 1 (f).
C. c. Peters, 2000a: 95, f. 310 (m).
C. c. Peters, 2003: 139, f. 558, 561-563 (mf).
C. c. Peters, 2005: 14, f. 10 (f).

[Layla McInnes]

I think they described them? Im not sure though.

[Michael Olsinia]

I think it means that Strand first described this species as A. cyaneopubescens.
After that it was recorded/redescribed under other names (Eurypelma and then Delopelma) until 1995 when Schmidt created the genus Chromatopelma for the species cyaneopubescens?

[Uwe Neis]

Hi!

If you do speak some German, Kirdec, have a look at
Striffler, B. F. 2003. "Literatur Recherche - Was hat das mit Vogelspinnen zu tun?" DeArGe Mitteilungen 8(1): 14-18.

All your questions regarding the use and understanding of Platnick are discussed in it.
The article can be found @ DeArGe's Archives.
As mentioned by Scourge above the Genus is monotypic.

Cheers,
Uwe

[Kirdec]

unfortunatly I dont speak German at all