Genus Cyriopagopus (a.k.a. Haplopelma)

[Steve Nunn]

,Sorry steve if it sounded like i was singling you out, but that was not my intention,i meant it ina general response.

Hi Brendan,
No probs, I understand

Now am just curious is the word "strikers" a term that is often used in describing the bristles,or is this a word you like to use yourself?

No, not my term, strikers is a correct term for the long spiniform (and often filliform distally) bristles that rub against the lyra. There may be other terms for this character as well. Strikers comes from Raven 1985 and is used to cover those bristles on all mygale families that possess them (some diplurids, some nemesiids, some barychelids and the theraphosids). Whether or not he coined the term himself, the term is indeed now valid due to its use in such a monumental and constantly referenced work.

Is it just me or does it seem that Selenocosmiinae is nearly as mixed up as the Aviculariinae subfamily.

Well, even moreso in the Selenocosmiinae. An interesting point is that these two families possess subspecies, which immediately sets alarm bells ringing.

Autapomorphies! Care to explain?

Sure

An autapomorphy is a derived character (from the primitive/plesiomorphic state) that is diagnostic to the group of animals in question. The group of animals must be declared before deciding a character is autapomorphic. This is because in a lower group of animals (say genus level) the presence of a character may only be found in one species of that genus. It is a derived character (apomorphic) and is autapomorphic to that one species. However, perhaps at subfamily level several species may possess this character and it is no longer autapomorphic. Clear as mud

Cheers,
Steve

 

[FryLock]

Brendan this is has a nice glossary >Here< and is pretty clear (to the likes of munkeymen like me), without knowing better the two main problems with avic’s are poor description papers added to lost of types, plus as far as I know (tho I could be wrong) they don’t as yet seem to have many stable morphologic characters as things like the spermatheca can be variable even among sisters (remember what the grey one has said about the spermo’s of A.avic complex females) the males bulbs/embolus may have mapable traits but i cant remember off hand if there's is higher or simple.

Edit: Steve beat me to it and will out having to check they forgot to state that it can apply on a level higher then species in that part of link tho.

 

[Steve Nunn]

Edit: Steve beat me to it and will out having to check they forgot to state that it can apply on a level higher then species in that part of link tho.

Hi Fry,
Yes, indeed it can. The hierarchical level just needs to be stated prior, that's all

 

[dangerprone69]

My H. albostriatum just molted- she's so beautiful! One of these days I need to try to get her to cooperate and pose for some pics . . .

 

[Svenja]

Hello,

can you sex this cyriopagopus spec. ?

thank you,

svenja

 

[P.Portela]

My Cyriopagopus paganus. :clap:

 

[Robert Seliger]

0.1.0 Haplopelma lividum protecting her eggsac.

0.1.0 Haplopelma lividum

Opened Haplopelma lividum eggsac

Eggs with legs

Best regards.
Robert

 

[brachypelman]

my H. lividum

 

[Tarantula]

Nice pics everybody!

My collection of Haplopelma sp. has grown alittle

I currently have:

1.1.0 Haplopelma lividum
0.0.3 Haplopelma minax
0.0.1 Haplopelma schmidti (Gold Form)
0.0.3 Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum"

Shame I dont have any pics of them eccept for the male H.lividum

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

H. lividum sling, finally got a picture of her/him Time for a bigger container!

 

[Robert Seliger]

0.1.0 Cyriopagopus sp. "blue"

0.1.0 Cyriopagopus schioedtei protecting eggsac

Best regards.
Robert

 

[omer]

good luck with the egg sac

 

[Robert Seliger]

@ omer:

Thanks.
If everything works out bad, with this eggsac, i have two other mated females. A third female, which molted a week ago, will be mated in the next two weeks.

Best regards.
Robert

 

[moosehooks]

Haplopelma sp.

Posing after chasing my hand out of container. It can keep the poop for now:

And the intricate workings of one of my H. lividum spiderlings:

 

[robustum]

Haplopelma lividum

 

[Lopez]

Sub-adult female Cyriopagopus sp."Blue"

 

[SkyeSpider]

Sub-adult female Cyriopagopus sp."Blue"

I don't see the blue. Looks more orange to me

Does the color come in only as adults?

-Bryan

 

[Lopez]

I don't see the blue. Looks more orange to me

Does the color come in only as adults?

-Bryan

In reality it's already showing some purple/blue but the camera doesn't pick it up fantastically well.

 

[Lopez]

Of course, the adults are quite purply-blue

 

[tarcan]

the blue on those must be one of the hardest blue to capture on a T... this is the best I came up with so far...

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=40954

Last Friday, I tryed to take some new pictures of another freshly molted females and they all sucked...