Acanthopelma rufescens F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897

Guatemala ♂

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Acanthopelma rufescens

Described By: F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897
Researcher Profile: Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Genus: Acanthopelma
Original Type Locality: Guatemala

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Acanthopelma rufescens

Holotype : ♂ (BMNH 78), Guatemela

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Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones.

Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge ,1897

In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 1-40.
- Acanthopelma rufescens, Aphonopelma pallidum, Aphonopelma seemanni, Aphonopelma truncatum, Tliltocatl sabulosus, Brachypelma smithi, Citharacanthus longipes, Acentropelma spinulosum, Schizopelma bicarinatum, Sericopelma commue

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