T.cyaneum, P.irminia, A.versicolor

[Camberwell]

Jo came round mine with her snazy camera, here's a few shots...

Fred the T.cyaneum

The Old Man P.irminia

Bloo the A.versicolor

 

[Michael Jacobi]

Nice photos. Regarding the taxonomy of the Thrixopelma: This new species was described by G.E.W. Schmidt along with two other people and some would say that makes the description suspect . Platnick's current catalog lists the species as Thrixopelma cyaneolum. I haven't seen the relevant papers yet, but it appears what happened is that they first described it as T. cyaneum, which is the name you used, but that species names was declared "nomen nudum" as their was no deposit of type material :wall: , and they then redescribed it "properly" and used the name T. cyaneolum. Based on the photos alone (what Gabriel would call "Kodak taxonomy" ), it appears to be the spider that we have referred to in the US as Cyclosternum sp. "Cobalt Redrump".

Cheers, Michael

 

[smof]

That's some nice colouration on your versi. About how old is it? And is your cyaneum post-moult in that pic? Looks quite pale. Nice photos

 

[Camberwell]

Nice photos. Regarding the taxonomy of the Thrixopelma: This new species was described by G.E.W. Schmidt along with two other people and some would say that makes the description suspect . Platnick's current catalog lists the species as Thrixopelma cyaneolum. I haven't seen the relevant papers yet, but it appears what happened is that they first described it as T. cyaneum, which is the name you used, but that species names was declared "nomen nudum" as their was no deposit of type material :wall: , and they then redescribed it "properly" and used the name T. cyaneolum. Based on the photos alone (what Gabriel would call "Kodak taxonomy" ), it appears to be the spider that we have referred to in the US as Cyclosternum sp. "Cobalt Redrump".

Cheers, Michael

Thankyou, much apreciated

is your cyaneum post-moult in that pic? Looks quite pale.

it has molted recently yeah, but not like that day or anything, i think its the flash, infact if you were to see the real spider the blue on the legs isn't as vivid as in this picture

I'v only had the versi just over 4 months, theres another thread about him actualy here

 

[The Juice]

Nice looking versi.. nakes me wish I would have bought 2 slings when I had the chance:wall:

 

[itsy]

Hey they are some good looking photo's there mind you your T's behaved very well too.


Jo.