What is sold as Brachypelma angustum in the hobby is quite the mystery species.
It is belived to be a hobby mutt, as there is no such species as Brachypelma angustum. However, there is another “Red Rump” species, called Sericopelma angustum. But Sericopelma angustum has bever been in the hobby and looks fairly different from this “Brachypelma angustum’.
Really it just means the specimen you have is most likely a hybrid which is common in the hobby. You should keep it labelled Brachypelma sp. ‘angustum’ as not to cause any confusion with other species.
As for taxonomy, species Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980 exists and has been transfered to genus Sericopelma in 2015.
But as @KezyGLA says, what is called Brachypelma angustum in hobby, is more than questionable.
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