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i don't have anything official, but i do know of another member or two on here that have found A.m. for sure here in the states. of course they aren't going to post that precious info on the www though 
Unfortunately, that's the difference between unsupported anecdotal stories and scientific data. And there are reasons why these stories could be suspect, such as the possibility that the owners of A. moorei specimens might want to avoid being accused of smuggling tarantulas out of Mexico.i don't have anything official, but i do know of another member or two on here that have found A.m. for sure here in the states. of course they aren't going to post that precious info on the www though![]()
I know several field biologists working in the Alamos area of Sonora, Mexico and they find these tarantulas fairly often. They've photographed them and documented them, and there's a book on a biodiversity study project in that region that has photos of A. moorei in it. (It's either already published or will be very soon.) Not a rare animal in its native environment, and that location is not patrolled any more than the rest of Mexico is. Finding them does not lead to a trip to a Mexican jail. I suspect that Mr. West is just trying to scare people away from the site.Accoriding to Rick or "Mr. West":
..... Since then, a few have been found in the type location but the area is patrolled by authorities and no one wants to take the chance of being caught and ending up in a Mexican jail.
You are correct, I read it wrong.Maybe I'm missing something, but if it was mooreae in 1995 and moorei in 1995, 2000 and 2003 - doesn't that indicate it went from mooreae to moorei?
It's mooreae, not moorei. Smith incorrectly named it moorei, and his error was corrected by Platnick. Since the name is a patronym for a woman (Barbara Moore), the suffix is -ae, not -i, so not moorei but mooreae.You are correct, I read it wrong.Maybe I'm missing something, but if it was mooreae in 1995 and moorei in 1995, 2000 and 2003 - doesn't that indicate it went from mooreae to moorei?
Here is how it is read exactly on the WSC.
m mooreae Smith, 1995....................Mexico [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:001749]
A. moorei Smith, 1995: 123, f. 508-517 (Dm; N.B.: patronym for Barbara Moore).
A. moorei Peters, 2000b: 146, f. 441-442 (m).
A. m. Peters, 2003: 61, f. 231, 235 (m).
For some reason I was assuming the top name in bold was the current name, being used as a header. My bad. lol
Very nice!View attachment 120515 View attachment 120516
Aphonopelma sp Arizona and Aphonopelma mooreae from Mexico
It reminds me of an A. behlei but with real nice coloration.View attachment 120515 View attachment 120516
Aphonopelma sp Arizona and Aphonopelma mooreae from Mexico