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Brachypelma albiceps Pocock, 1903

Mexico

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Brachypelma albiceps

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Brachypelma albiceps
Synonyms : Brachypelma ruhnaui

Described By: Pocock, 1903
Researcher Profile: Reginald Innes Pocock
Genus: Brachypelma
Common Name: Mexican Golden Red Rump

- Eurypelma pallidum F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 [misidentified]
- Brachypelma albiceps Pocock, 1903
- Aphonopelma albiceps Smith, 1995 [removed f from S of A. pallidum]
- Brachypelmides ruhnaui Schmidt, 1997
- Aphonopelma albiceps Peters, 2000
- Brachypelmides albiceps Schmidt, 2004
- Brachypelma albiceps Locht et al., 2005 [Transfered from Aphonopelma]

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Reginald Innes Pocock ,1903

Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11: 81-115.
- Acanthoscurria antillensis, Cyrtopholis agilis, Psalmopoeus plantaris, Psalmopoeus emeraldus, Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus, Pseudhapalopus velox, Pseudhapalopus trinitatis, Homoeomma pictum, Grammostola actaeon, Cyrtopholis femoralis, Brachypelma albiceps, Avicularia minatrix, Euathlus parvulus, Acanthoscurria tarda, Acanthoscurria suina, Acanthoscurria sternalis, Pamphobeteus ornatus, Pamphobeteus insignis, Pamphobeteus antinous, Grammostola alticeps, Xenesthis monstrosa

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