The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/1747

Aphonopelma moderatum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939)
Rio Grande gold tarantula

FAMILY: THERAPHOSIDAE Thorell, 1870
    Genus: Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901

        Species: Aphonopelma moderatum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  tarantulas
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  Rio Grande gold tarantula

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA

Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: Pyne, Lindsey

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Aphonopelma moderatum Chamberlin & Ivie 1939
Delopelma moderatum Chamberlin & Ivie 1939
Aphonopelma moderatum Smith 1995
Aphonopelma moderatum Peters 2000
Aphonopelma moderatum Peters 2003
Aphonopelma moderatum Peters 2005

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1939. New tarantulas from the southwestern states. Bull. Univ. Utah 29(11): 1-17.

Peters, H.-J. 2005. Innereien. Tarantulas of the World 110: 7-14.

Peters, H.-J. 2003. Tarantulas of the World: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp.

Peters, H.-J. 2000. Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 1. Published by the author, 148 pp.

Smith, A. M. 1995. Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publ., London, 196 pp.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERAPHOSIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901‡‡

A. anax (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. apacheum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. armada (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. arnoldi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. baergi Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. behlei Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. breenei Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. brunnius Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. chalcodes Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. chamberlini Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. chambersi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. clarki Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. clarum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. coloradanum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. cratium Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. cryptethum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. echinum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. eutylenum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. gabeli Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. gurleyi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. harlingenum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. hentzi (Girard, 1852) ...............USA
A. heterops Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. hollyi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. iodius (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA
A. iviei Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. joshua Prentice, 1997 ...............USA
A. jungi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. lithodomum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. marxi (Simon, 1891) ...............USA
A. minchi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. mojave Prentice, 1997 ...............USA
A. mordax (Ausserer, 1871) ...............USA
A. odelli Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. paloma Prentice, 1993 ...............USA
A. phanum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. phasmus Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. punzoi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. radinum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA
A. reversum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. rothi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. sandersoni Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. schmidti Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. smithi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. stahnkei Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. steindachneri (Ausserer, 1875) ...............USA
A. sullivani Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. texense (Simon, 1891) ...............USA
A. vogelae Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. vorhiesi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA
A. waconum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. wichitanum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. zionis Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution