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

Mexico

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Brachypelma smithi

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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

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

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