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Brachypelma klaasi (Schmidt & Krause, 1994)

Mexico

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Brachypelma klaasi

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Brachypelma klaasi

Described By: (Schmidt & Krause, 1994)
Researcher Profile: Gunter Schmidt, R H Krause
Genus: Brachypelma
Etymology: In honor of Mr Peter Klaas, Cologne, who collected the female for the first time.
Common Name: Mexican Pink Beauty

- Brachypelmides klaasi Schmidt & Krause, 1994
- Brachypelma klaasi Smith, 1995

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Eine neue Vogelspinnen-Spezies aus Mexico, Brachypelmides klaasi sp. n. (Araneida, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)

Gunter Schmidt, R H Krause ,1994
The new species Brachypelmides klaasi differs from all the species of the Brachypelma genus by its sharply pointed embolus, its bipartite spermathecae and its fine bearing of plumose setae on femur IV. It is the first representative of a new genus.
Stud. neotrop. Fauna Environ. 29: 7-10. 7, f. 1-2
- Brachypelma klaasi

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