G aureostriata/pulchripes

[ralfkonen]

Hi everyone. Got myself two G pulchripes slings yesterday at the bugshow in Newark.
They seem to have had a name change relatively recently and I was wondering if any of you have any information on that. Like: when and why.There is probably an article on that somewhere. Thank you.

[Phil Rea]

Gabriel, R. (2009) Notes on the Taxonomic Placement of Eurypelma borellii (Simon 1892) and Grammostola pulchripes Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Exotiske Insekter 73, pp. 7-13

Article available from the downloads section : here

[ralfkonen]

Thats great Phil. You're a star.
Do I understand it correctly that Schmidt & Bullmer thought they had found a new species? And did G. aureostriata and G. mollicoma exist simultaneously for a while?

[Ray Gabriel]

Helo
Yes they thought they had a new species and yes, they existed at the same time.
Ray

[ralfkonen]

Thanks Ray,

very interesting