The relationship between the two groups and the genus Sericopelma is shown in the cladogram below. Dugesiella Pocock, 1901 Two more new genera were later distinguished from Aphonopelma: Delopelma by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1939 and Chaunopelma by Joseph C. Chamberlin in 1940. Aphonopelma chalcodes. Login via your After all, why keep a tarantula that I could essentially find in my back … It has a limited distribution in the deserts of Arizona and adjacent parts of Mexico but can be … Spectral sensitivity curves were similar under both dark and light adaptation suggesting the presence of a single photopigment. The 500 nm peaks were fit well by a Dartnall nomogram. He synonymized them under the name Rhechostica, which had been published by Eugène Simon in 1892, so had priority. (Milne and Milne, 1980) Biogeographic Regions; nearctic. Only 15 of the original 55 U.S. species were fully accepted, 33 were reduced to synonyms, and seven to nomina dubia (doubtful names). Most are fairly large tarantulas with leg spans of 6 in (16 cm) or more. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, JPASS®, Artstor®, Reveal Digital™ and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. Gosipelma Chamberlin, 1940 Aphonopelma chalcodes, commonly known as the western desert tarantula, Arizona blond tarantula or Mexican blond tarantula is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae. [2] Secondary eyes had greater sensitivity ranges and smaller slope coefficients showing them to be more sensitive than primary eyes. Delopelma Petrunkevitch, 1939 It has a limited distribution in the deserts of Arizona and adjacent parts of Mexico but can be very common within this range. Aphonopelma chalcodes, commonly known as the western desert tarantula, Arizona blond tarantula or Mexican blond tarantula is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae. Since the name Aphonopelma was much better known than Rechostica, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature in 1991 agreed to give Aphonopelma precedence over Rhechostica. New World, Terrestrial, Burrower. With a personal account, you can read up to 100 articles each month for free. The arrangement of ocelli consisting of primary and secondary eyes is shown in ... 640 nm range, and the sensitivity peak in the near ultraviolet, 350 nm to 400 nm, varied from 0.60 to 0.70 log unit. [1] A monograph of the genus within the United States, published in 2016, made some major revisions. Intensity-response functions with white light showed sensitivity differences between primary and secondary eyes. The female body length is up to 56 mm, mal… © 1989 American Arachnological Society Most are fairly large tarantulas with leg spans of 6 in (16 cm) or more. They reach the size of almost six inches when fully grown. Rhechostica Simon, 1892. When I first began expanding my collection, I was so enamored with the hundreds of exotic species available from far away locales that I all but ignored some of wonderful tarantulas that could be found in my own county. In captivity, they are usually fed crickets; in the wild, they eat most insects, including crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, mantises, and beetles. Chaunopelma Chamberlin, 1940 Apachepelma Smith, 1995 .mw-parser-output table.clade{border-spacing:0;margin:0;font-size:100%;line-height:100%;border-collapse:separate;width:auto}.mw-parser-output table.clade table.clade{width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label{width:0.7em;padding:0 0.15em;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;border-left:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-fixed-width{overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-fixed-width:hover{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label.first{border-left:none;border-right:none}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label.reverse{border-left:none;border-right:1px solid}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel{padding:0 0.15em;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;border-left:1px solid;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel:hover{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel.last{border-left:none;border-right:none}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel.reverse{border-left:none;border-right:1px solid}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-bar{vertical-align:middle;text-align:left;padding:0 0.5em;position:relative}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-bar.reverse{text-align:right;position:relative}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf{border:0;padding:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leafR{border:0;padding:0;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf.reverse{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkA{background-color:yellow}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkB{background-color:green}, As of March 2020[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted 59 species.