black velvet tarantula

[heavydumbs]

Hey guys i need some help if possible, ive tried the search engine and the web and nothing much comes up.
Im looking for a black velvet tarantula with tiger like markings on its rump.
Ive searched without much luck but ive found the malaysian black velvet, mexican black velevet and the borneo black.....
I have my suspicions the mexican variety is G. pulchra missidentified but if you could give me some insight and latin names id really appreciate it.
John

 

[toast4nat]

A black tarantula with tiger like markings? Sounds like a P. irminia to me. Are you trying to get an ID based solely off your memory? Do you remember if it was an arboreal or terrestrial species?

 

[synyster]

Haplopelma minax
Lampropelma sp. "Borneo black"

Those two fit your description. That is if your talking about a spider that is all black. If not, Psalmopoeus irminia like mentioned above is a good guess.

 

[heavydumbs]

Yer sorry for my lame discription, its arborial but not a P. irminia. It was described as an asain black velvet? anyways thanks ill check out the names you mentioned.

---------- Post added 01-06-2012 at 04:39 AM ----------

Yer sorry for my lame discription, its arborial but not a P. irminia. It was described as an asain black velvet? anyways thanks ill check out the names you mentioned.

Def lampropelma sp borneo black, thanks guys, I guna add it to my wish list although appatently rare?
John

 

[creepa]

Maybe it can also be Cyriopagopus sp sumatran tiger or Cyriopagopus sp sulawesi black...

 

[heavydumbs]

No its all black, and looks very soft and sheeny with slightly lighter chevron markings.

 

[happysmile88]

Lampropelma nigerrimum?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

common names are generally worthless... focus on learning the scientific names...Latin names
not like I can spell them correctly often... but there great to know

maybe its P irmina ... Venezulan suntiger

 

[jbm150]

This is my young female Borneo black

This look about like what you're looking for? I wholeheartedly recommend getting one; while they're very shy, they just ooze beauty. Same with L. nigerrimum. I'm not sure where Newton Abbot is (UK?), but if you're here in the US, there are a lot of breeders/dealers selling them.


Edit: Check L. sp. Sulawesi black velvet, they are more gray than black but you called it a black velvet so could be it also. They get enormous!

 

[heavydumbs]

Yer uk dude, i can an asian black listed as a malaysian black which is gorgeous but that borneo is outstanding... Hard to get here though

 

[1hughjazzspider]

common names are generally worthless... focus on learning the scientific names...

Maybe you can take some of your own advice, considering the fact that I see you using common names regularly.

 

[BCscorp]

Beauty spider jbm! The description fits that species.

 

[heavydumbs]

Maybe you can take some of your own advice, considering the fact that I see you using common names regularly.

Plus thats why i posted this cuz i wanted the latin names so i could research further.