Notice

Google Geocoding API error: You are over your quota.

This species is 45% complete

Brachypelma smithi (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897)

Mexico

8.7/10 rating (60 votes)

IUCN Status

IUCN Red List Status

Brachypelma smithi

Contribute Adult Male Picture

Brachypelma smithi

Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Brachypelma smithi

Described By: (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897)
Researcher Profile: Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Genus: Brachypelma
Common Name: Mexican Red Knee

- Eurypelma smithi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897
- Brachypelma smithi Pocock, 1903
- Brachypelma smithi Hancock & Hancock, 1989 (Transferred from Eurypelma=Avicularia)
- Brachypelma smithi Schmidt, 1992 (Transferred from Euathlus)
- Euathlus smithi Baxter, 1993
- Brachypelma smithi Smith, 1995

Specimen Records

Click each taxon to expand and collapse

Adult Male Activity

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, Brachypelma sabulosum, Brachypelma smithi, Citharacanthus longipes, Acentropelma spinulosum, Schizopelma bicarinatum, Sericopelma commue

This species is mentioned in the following resources :

Habitat and Type Locality

Gallery

Latest Described Species

Latest Bibliography