Haplopelma Taxonomy

[Matthew Baines]

I have decided to have a go at identifying one of my haplopelma species as i am still clueless as to its true identity.

I was wondering if anybody had a taxonomy key and/or could point me in the right direction for such a article .

[Eduard Johan Hijmensen]

http://www.striffler.net/papers/von_Wirth_&_Striffler_2005-Ornithoctonus_aureotibialis&Haplopelma_longipes.pdf

http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v36_n2/arac-36-2-425.pdf

cheers
Eddy

[Matthew Baines]

Cheers for them . I am coming up with the same answer on a number of identity keys yet the spider doesn't necessarily look like the species.

[Phil Rea]

Is the spider live, or are you working with a moult Matt?

[Matthew Baines]

At the moment i am working from a moult that i managed to extract before she smashed it up into little pieces. I know its not ideal but it is a start i think.