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Tarantula fans, The publisher of the journal Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution has put my paper "An Evaluation of Sampling Effects on Multiple DNA Barcoding Methods Leads to An Integrative Approach for Delimiting Species: A Case Study of the North American Tarantula Genus Aphonopelma...

When we describe a new species, we get to name it whatever we want (as long as you follow the ICZN rules). Brent's reasons for this name will be described to you in the paper. Oh - and you don't name a species after yourself...it's bad form.

Brent and I are the ones working on the US Aphonopelma revision, and like he said this is either A. hentzi or a new "hentzi-like" species. If you found this in Roswell, it's most likely the new species. A. hentzi comes into NM, but not terribly far west. Also, the "Carlsbad Green" spiders are...

Aphonopelma clarki is hentzi. It will be revised shortly. And I have specimens from inside the city limits of Dallas, but it's a special locality as it's probably the last place within Dallas proper you can find them.

You will need a collecting permit for the parks. it's the same as if you went out collecting here in a state, just follow their guidelines for permits. Secondly, Avicularia laeta is actually NOT easy to come by on Puerto Rico. They tend to be found in population clusters on the island...

Luke, My name is Chris Hamilton and I'm a PhD student working with Dr. Jason Bond and Dr. Brent Hendrixson on the revision of the genus Aphonopelma, where we are trying to answer all kinds of questions about our North American tarantulas. We could REALLY REALLY use this specimen. It's a...

I tend to agree with Kirk. My opinion is that this is a behavioral adaptation for the female to secure resources for her upcoming egg sac, after the mating. This species lives in a very harsh desert environment and eating a male would give her a very good amount of resources for the eggs and...

those spiders we collected were typical Aphonopelma eutylenum. They're also small adults, they get bigger than that.

Jim, Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your enthusiasm and willingness to help. If I were you, I would wait until he matures and then mate him with that female...then send him to me. And we euthanize them, unfortunately (we do it very humanely, no horrible chemicals). We don't have...

Dammit! I didn't check what I wrote before posting! I combined two thoughts there...it should read the opposite of that. Things today will not be the same thousand of years in the future (for the most part). :8o Chris

This is not meant for you per se...this is for everyone I get very tired of people talking bad about Andrew Smith. Andrew is not a bad person and his work is not bad. He made some of the same mistakes that Chamberlin made...but he realizes the leaps we've made in systematic taxonomy now and...

Absolutely! I've collected there.

No worries...maybe I was a bit aggressive there. I will say this, Brent is not beating his chest about this work. He has, more than anyone I know, spread the word about the importance of understanding North American tarantula biodiversity, to the general public. Chris

My PhD project (as part of the Aphonopelma REVSYS) is to revise the A. iodius complex (this includes the 3 sister species complexes of A. eutylenum, A. iodius, and A. chalcodes). The systematic revision is the backbone for the work, after which comparitive phylogeographic analyses will be...

Ahhh, it's becoming clear now. Your stance against Brent is based off of this? Dr. Charlton? Someone who won't/hasn't helped his Masters student from 2006 finish a manuscript so that they could actually get some Aphonopelma work published in a peer-reviewed forum? Really? Two decades...

Mature males live ~1-2 months in the wild. In captivity, yes, they can live for longer. Do they get eaten by females? very rarely...they get picked off by predators FAR more frequently, due to them being out wandering around where they can be seen. Also, the Reno T's are A. iodius. A...

Seriously??? This makes my head feel like it's going to explode...:barf: It's pretty easy to go find information on whether or not this is a valid species. It's from Mexico, Andrew Smith described it, and the locality is far away from the US border...oh yeah, Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens...

A. hentzi The structure of the legs + the long "fluffy" appearance of the setae on the legs distinguish this spider from A. anax. Away we go? Hmmm...that was a short trip. Cheers, Chris

Ahhh, man! Where'd your message go "Great Basin Ben"? That was good for a belly laugh! So many incredibly ignorant statements there. "Dr." Hendrixson does in fact hold a PhD. You tend to get that identity after you pursue and complete a PhD in perhaps the best mygalomorph research lab...