H.schmidti male help

[stephen hendrick]

ok so your pretty sure its not a minax, but that just narrows the query. if you were a betting man what sp would you put your money on? (ie. longipes or vonworthi)

[Matthew Baines]

I would say its Haplopelma sp vietnam to be honest . It looks alot like both of mine if not identicle!

[stephen hendrick]

but thats just the genus, sp stands for species(i think???). i must admit the pet shop named it a vietnam black but that could be a , longipes or a vonworthi. iv'e known of both to be called the Haplopelma sp vietnam (confusing i know). to honest i think am going to have to send the shed away, or wait for someone who really knows their stuff on haplopelmas, to see this post!!!

[SylviRigden]

Read through this article Steve -

http://tarantulas.tropica.ru/en/node/621

it says -

In his paper G. Schmidt (Schmidt G. (2005): Haplopelma vonwirthi sp. n., eine neue Art der Haplopelma minax- Gruppe aus Sudostasien (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae). Tarantulas of the World. Ausgabe 103, Marz 2005: 4-12) describes the new species of the genus Haplopelma, known earlier in the hobby for some time as Haplopelma sp. "Vietnam" and named it after the one of the most remarkable modern taxonomist specialised in asian theraphosids - Volker von Wirth - Haplopelma vonwirthi

they are the same spider.

[stephen hendrick]

so its a vonworthi then?

[SylviRigden]

Thats what we (the above) recon, yes

[Matthew Baines]

Now from what i have been told by Mr Rafn is that it is difficult to determine species as vonwirthi as there is not enough taxonomical data to be able to properly identify as vonwirthi so for now it is simply known as haplopelma species vietnam.

[SylviRigden]

So it's a H 'sp' vietnam ( H vonwirthi ) then Steve

[stephen hendrick]

ok, that will do, ill have to wait and see if the taxonomical data is ever completed.

[stephen hendrick]

I have now forwarded the above photos to volkner vonwirth himself. so i'll let you know the results, if he reply's that is

[Nicola Dolby]

Thanks Steve. I had a good look at mine on Saturday night and to be honest Mine looks pretty much like yours except for the abdomen and that the body is jet black, not grey.Same markings though and I'm not going down its burrow to check out the spinnerets, I value my safety! So I haven't got a minax either! Still she is a beautiful little spider and I think the world of the little critter.