Haplopelma minax

Angel Minkov said:

I recently saw that it's moved to a different genus and even given a different name? Can anybody shed some light onto this matter? Is it true that H. minax is now Ornithoctonus aureotibialis?

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Ornithoctonus is (distinguished)
- from the Haplopelma minax – species group (see VON WIRTH 1991b) (Haplopelma
SIMON 1892) distinguished by the following features:
- Not more than 6 spines on metatarsus IV Leg
- Less than 12 distinct spines on the prolateral palpal coxa below the suture (compared
with Haplopelma albostriatum 8 - 11 spines) (Fig. 3, 9)
- bulb of male with a distinct notch ventrally on the transition to the embolus (Fig. 13, 14)
- On the tibia of leg I of the males anterior / apical / retrolateral and prolateral no
significant spike present (Fig. 16)
- Receptacles with distinct notch in the middle (Fig. 4, 10)
- Distinguished from the Haplopelma schmidti - species group (see VON WIRTH 1991b)
(Haplopelma SIMON 1892) by the following features:- No brush of long white hair above the Scopula on the retrolateral chelicerae
- Less than 12 distinct spines on the prolateral palpal coxa below the suture (Fig. 3, 9)
- bulb of male ventrally with a distinct notch on the transition to the embolus (Fig. 13, 14)
- On the tibia of leg I of the males anterior / apical / retrolateral and prolateral no
significant spike present (Fig. 16)

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Angel Minkov said:

From when is that information? I'm really not into all that taxonomy stuff LOL

PS: Oh, my bad, I guess I flew through the paper that I had read and seems like I hadn't payed much attention. It says that in the past, before Ornithoctonus aureotibialis' description, it was thought to be H. minax.

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Ornithoctonus aureotibialis sp. n., is long time known in pet trade as Haplopelma sp. “aureopilosum”. It was recently described by SCHMIDT & SAMM 2005 as “Haplopelma chrysothrix”, a name, which is not available according to the ICZN, as no type depository was included in the description.

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