Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Sericopelma

Sericopelma commune F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: - -
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002447]
  • Distribution: Panama
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; m (1898.12.24.19–21) (Sherwood et al., 2023f)
  • Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 2m (1898.12.24.19–21) (Sherwood et al., 2023f)
  • Paratype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; 1m (Sherwood et al., 2023f)
Taxonomic references
Sericopelma communis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 15, pl. 1, f. 11 (Dm).
Sericopelma commune Smith, 1986b: 162, f. 80h (m).
Sericopelma commune Smith, 1987d: 162, f. 80h (m).
Sericopelma commune Smith, 1991b: 18, f. 15-17 (m, Df; N.B.: f probably misplaced, per Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 84).
Sericopelma commune Schmidt, 2003l: 187, f. 485 (f).
References

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1897a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 1-40, pl. 1-3. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1991b). Discussion paper: Euathlus mesomelas Cambridge 1892. British Tarantula Society Journal 7(2): 15-23. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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