Avicularia sp. "fasiculata" = Avicularia diversipes (C.L. Koch 1842)

[GoTerps]

FYI,

The spider sold in the trade as Avicularia sp. "fasiculata" has been identified as Avicularia diversipes.

Bertani, R. & C. S. Fukushima (2009): Description of two new species of Avicularia Lamarck 1818 and redescription of Avicularia diversipes (C.L. Koch 1842) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) – three possibly threatened Brazilian species. Zootaxa, 2223: 25-47.

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Eric

 

[Noexcuse4you]

Very cool, Eric! Thanks for sharing.

 

[mandipants]

Avicularia sooterama is gorgeous! Thanks for keeping us Avic lovers in the loop!

 

[WARPIG]

It was a great read for an avi fiend like me, now I have to re-lable my 3 A fascics:}

Hopefully no more name changes.

PIG-

 

[Loudog760]

Nice, so this is an actually distinct species now. I'm gonna get my self one.

 

[zonbonzovi]

Yeah, thanks for the update. Hopefully breeding this species soon...

 

[barabootom]

This was very interesting. Thanks very much for sharing. I especially found pages 37 and 38 quite informative.